U.S. tariffs from Japan - still happening?

[greenc]

Hi all,

Hope you're all enjoying a good weekend and a great World Cup!

I've not purchased a jacket from Japan to be sent to the U.S. in five or six months and as such I don't know if the tariffs are still in effect.

The Supreme Court struck down the tariffs, however, has that ruling been practically applied? If you purchase through Buyee and ship to the U.S. are they still collecting the tariffs?

I have a piece I'm interested in at a decent price with a coupon. If someone with recent experience could please let me know I'd appreciate it, thank you. Enjoy the day!

Chris

 

[Cheech]

Yes, the tariffs are still being applied. Although the IEEPA tariffs were struck down in February by the Supreme Court, the Administration immediately implemented a 10% global tariff via another mechanism that is supposed to sunset after 6 months, I believe. Long story short, importing products from Japan is still a lot costlier than it used to be.

 

[Cheech]

I should note that it hasn’t stopped me from buying a few things. I have found that FromJapan offers better shipping rates than Buyee, particularly if you use ECMS. You can still expect to pay somewhere around 15% on top of the purchase price in tariffs and fees, not including actual shipping.

 

[greenc]

I should note that it hasn’t stopped me from buying a few things. I have found that FromJapan offers better shipping rates than Buyee, particularly if you use ECMS. You can still expect to pay somewhere around 15% on top of the purchase price in tariffs and fees, not including actual shipping.

Thank you @Cheech I appreciate the information. Still a bit of a pest these tariffs. Hopefully in August things will ease. Thanks again, enjoy the day.

 

[Cyber Lip]

I paid a bunch for a bunch of shipments in 2025/26 during the 1st round of tariffs. Shipped via DHL and was forced to pay the tariffs to DHL. Per the supreme court order, refunds of those tariffs which were deemed illegal are happening. I applied for my refunds directly through DHL as they had set up a refund request submission process. Well guess what...they denied all the refund requests citing some BS reason. I had used my credit card to pay all of them, so I contacted my CC company and filed a dispute on each one, and the CC company decided in my favor and I got my $$ back.