By Ramishah Maruf, CNN
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hours after the U. S. tariff waiver was waived by the U. S. U. S. Expired on Friday, Chinese e-commerce site Temu announced that it has revised its shipping model, sending all U. S. sales to the U. S. and Canada. U. S. Through U. S. Sellers
“All sales in the U. S. U. S. They are now dealt with through local distributors, with orders filled from the domestic country,” a TEMU spokesperson said on a Friday. “TEMU has been actively recruiting U. S. distributors to sign up for the platform. “
The replacement is a primary replacement for the platform. Temu, and other Chinese e-commerce sites like Shein and AliExpress, had in the past used the de minimis exemption, as is known, to flood the United States with ultra-low goods. And U. S. President Donald Trump says he needs his new price lists for production to bring production to the U. S. , TEMU’s resolution shows how large corporations can escape that by soliciting and verifying other tactics.
De Minimis’s lagofol allowed shipments of goods valued at $800 or less to enter the U. S. duty-free. U. S. , skipping lengthy inspections and documents. less affordable reasonable goods.
The vast majority of Shein and Temu products are made in China and imported into the United States, which is why the costs are so cheap.
TEMU’s new corporate jargon would possibly seem like it’s in Trump alley, but just because a product is shipped to consumers from a “local warehouse” doesn’t mean it’s made in the United States.
Sites like Temu and Shein have been building their portfolio of U. S. warehouses. U. S. For years to decrease shipping times. Last year, the Biden administration also began criticizing the de minimis exemption, with Chinese shippers feeling a transparent replacement in the mood.
Shein started stocking goods, shipping in bulk in U. S. warehouses. U. S. As far back as last year, Chris Tang, a professor of global source chain control at the University of California, Los Angeles, has said in the past.
Bloomberg reported in February that Temu had begun reviewing its Chinese supply chain, requiring supplier factories to ship bulk parts to U. S. warehouses. U. S.
At the moment, this means that the products produced are reaching Americans’ doorsteps through American distributors. TEMU does not publicly list its manufacturer partners.
Tang said Friday that if there was scarcity, Temu has few options. The company can reorganize its products, which would charge time and money. He can start offering “substitutes” or recommendations for similar products in stock. Or, you can accumulate prices.
Temu has already increased costs last week.
Temu says there are no import fees or additional fees on delivery for parts purchased from local warehouses. On social media, users say the pieces are already sold out.
One Reddit user noted that on Friday, about 60 of the parts in his cart were unavailable.
Some Temu parts are not available locally, another user noted, writing that his virtual cart of more than three hundred pieces has been reduced to two. At the most sensible of that, the user said that additional fees were implemented unless a “local order” totals at least $30.
“Themu is gone! What I saw today convinced me absolutely!” They wrote. “Local sellers, despite buying some pieces in advance in bulk, do not have all those pieces that interest me. “
CNN’s Elisabeth Buchwald contributed to this report.
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