Tariffs, Import Duty & Why the Price You See Is Final

Tariffs are the single biggest reason cross-border tool prices move. Here is exactly how we handle them, in plain language.

Duty is already inside the price

Every listed price is delivered duty paid. Before an item goes on this site we run its HS classification through our forwarder's US high-tariff schedule and add any surcharge into the landed cost. If a duty rate changes, we reprice or delist — we do not send you a bill later.

The three duty regimes that touch this catalogue

• Section 301 (China origin). Additional ad valorem duty on Chinese goods. Our forwarder applies a per-kilo surcharge when the rate hits the 25% band; that surcharge is in the price.
• Section 232 (steel and aluminium derivatives). Steel racking, shelving, brackets and cabinets fall in scope. Rather than guess, those items are quoted per order.
• Anti-dumping and countervailing duties. Heavy forged striking tools, certain lock washers, hand trucks and steel nails carry rates high enough to make retail pricing meaningless. We do not list them.

Why some of our European catalogue is missing here

Three things get an item removed from the US store: it is a liquid or powder the lane will not carry; it is oversize enough that a published price would be fiction; or its duty rate makes the retail number unserious. We would rather sell you 340 honest SKUs than 351 speculative ones.

Commercial invoices and declarations

Orders ship on a single commercial invoice at true value with country of origin marked. If you are importing for resale and need a different documentation set, say so before dispatch — re-issuing documents after a shipment has sailed is not possible.