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US grants one-year tariff exemption

US grants one-year tariff exemption

In the ongoing US – China trade war the US has granted a one-year tariff exemption to a wide range of products made in China, including some printer consumables. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published the list on 20 September and the imaging industry specific...
Canon eying up move of production

Canon eying up move of production

The OEM is the latest printer manufacturer looking to move production to avoid US-China trade war tariffs. According to an article by the Business Standard Canon is conducting feasibility studies across 40 countries to way up options for moving its production out of...
Canon eying up move of production

Consumers concerned about tariffs

After the fourth round of tariffs were announced by President Trump, China announced more of its own tariffs against US products, causing President Trump to retaliate with an additional 5 percent on tariffs. A statement released by the United States Representative...
US tariffs on cartridges going ahead

US tariffs on cartridges going ahead

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the proposed ten percent tariff on cartridge imports from China, effective from 1 September 2019. The United States Trade Representative announced the next steps in the process of imposing an additional tariff of...
Canon eying up move of production

Kyocera switches production to avoid tariffs

The looming fourth round of tariffs has led Kyocera to move production from China to Vietnam so the copier production which mostly goes into the US is not impacted by the new round of tariffs. Nikkei Asian Review reported that Kyocera is one of the latest OEMs to...