Duties - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: jrs45
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2021, 05:12:06 pm
content: Let's say I'm in a USA company, and we purchase parts manufactured by an American company (ADI) from a Chinese reseller since we can't get them elsewhere.Do we have to pay the 25% tariff, or can we argue that China is not the origination?(Maybe wishful thinking here)

author: mon2
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2021, 09:48:34 pm
content: 1) What sort of volumes are we talking about here ? If small, does it even matter?2) The vendor is in China so are these not all 'wedding gifts' ?3) Communicate with your offshore supplier for the invoice details. Be warned that there are many fakes out there. Be 110% sure that they are true parts. We waited 9 months for our stock to finally be available (was about 1 month early) for ADI transceivers. The order was placed directly with their portal at the best pricing. As much as we love Arrow, the pricing was just better on the ADI web portal.Now curious - what is the part you are after and qty ? (if we wish to disclose)

author: jrs45
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 23, 2021, 05:49:01 pm
content: Quote from: mon2 on November 22, 2021, 09:48:34 pmOrder was ~$5k so it's worth the effort to save $1k.QuoteThis is from LCSC, which seems pretty legit from my experience and others who have used them. I have the opportunity to dispute the duties with DHL, but I don't want to bother unless I have some likelihood of prevailing.I used to buy ADI parts from their portal, but the parts that I need have a >90 week leadtime! (Can you imagine, two years lag?!)QuoteThis was ADAU1701, I did receive them and they look legit. I think we got 1000 this time.

author: mon2
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 23, 2021, 06:28:01 pm
content: LCSC.com is legit. They do not play games with invoicing but others will / have (even without asking).If the full p/n is ADAU1701JSTZ, they have a good price @ LCSC.com but Digikey is also showing stock at this time of posting.https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/analog-devices-inc./ADAU1701JSTZ/1246074?utm_source=505&utm_medium=supplier&utm_campaign=buynow

author: jrs45
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 23, 2021, 07:52:34 pm
content: Thanks. I purchased these already, and just got the duty bill. That's why I'm asking about whether I have any chance at disputing it.I do remember win-source pulling some billing nonsense trying to upcharge because the parts (yet again) weren't "stored correctly". Bait and switch completely.

author: mon2
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 23, 2021, 09:38:51 pm
content: Yes. Winsource has turned a new leaf and they will charge what the customer can bear. Not liking them at all. It is the 'wild wild EAST' in Asia these days. We had some issues with fake PCIe switches that consumed a great deal of time to resolve. The markings look spot on. Any board that did not work, we replaced with a part sourced from Digikey or Mouser rather than the stock from Wuhan. That circuit board immediately worked. Repaired all 20-30 PCBAs in the same fashion. Life sucking experience.Try to challenge the tariffs - it is a farce that they were applied in the first place. On this note, we had a similar case where we imported parts from Asia to us in Canada. Then wanted to build @ Kingford PCB for a rush job. Of course, enter the one-way China customs and they applied their own duties to import back into China. Such a pain, we paid to import into Canada -> then again into China -> then again back to Canada. Live and learn. Next time, we drop shipped from China to Shenzhen to their factory. Much smoother for that run of PCBAs.

author: NorthGuy
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2021, 01:02:00 am
content: Quote from: mon2 on November 23, 2021, 09:38:51 pmThe government should return you the GST/HST you have paid, so the Canadian part is recoverable.