Not direct-order. There’s a minimum fee. Unless you’re ordering bulk, you’ll be paying a lot more than $3-$5 per board in taxes.
The cheapest alternative now will be to go through a middleman who adds some markup but can pay “merely” the 145% tariff rate because they’re buying a ton of them at a time. 400% total markup on the direct-priced $3 board beats $100 (and soon $200) per parcel ordering just a couple at a time. Though, these businesses may not be viable at the higher prices, and supply might just dry up.
(In fact, the cheapest alternative will probably be “Vietnamese” boards that are lying about where they were manufactured…)
The cheapest alternative now will be to go through a middleman who adds some markup but can pay “merely” the 145% tariff rate because they’re buying a ton of them at a time. 400% total markup on the direct-priced $3 board beats $100 (and soon $200) per parcel ordering just a couple at a time. Though, these businesses may not be viable at the higher prices, and supply might just dry up.
(In fact, the cheapest alternative will probably be “Vietnamese” boards that are lying about where they were manufactured…)