Landed-cost field notes

Answers for teams shipping Shopify orders across borders

Plain-English guides on HS codes, country of origin, duty-paid checkout, and EU and UK customs changes.

October 12, 2026

Section 301 Exclusions: Tracking Expiry Before It Costs You Duty Drawback for Exporters: Recovering Duties on Goods That Leave Again Supplier Origin Declarations: What Counts as Proof When Customs Asks Tariffs and Working Capital: The Cash Cost Between Duty Paid and Price Recovered Currency Clauses in Supplier Contracts: Sharing Exchange Rate Risk on Tariff-Exposed Goods Foreign Trade Zones in a Tariff Spike: Timing Duty Instead of Avoiding It Mapping Tariff Exposure Across Supplier Tiers: Beyond Your Direct Imports Reading a Federal Register Tariff Notice Without Missing the Part That Costs You Derivative Products and Steel Tariffs: When Downstream Goods Get Pulled In From Announcement to Entry: How a Tariff Change Reaches Your Costs Repricing After a Tariff Change: Passing Costs Without Losing the Customer Reading a Tariff Schedule Change Notice Without Panicking Supplier Contracts and Tariff Clauses: Sharing Duty Risk on Paper Tariff Pass Through: How Much of a Duty Increase Reaches Prices Country Diversification: Spreading Sourcing Risk Beyond One Origin De Minimis Rule Changes Explained: The End of Easy Low Value Imports Negotiating With Suppliers When Tariffs Rise: Splitting the Pain Fairly Tariff Exclusion Processes Explained: How Requests Work Landed Cost Updates When Tariffs Change: A Working Routine Section 301 Tariffs Explained: Lists, Exclusions, and Why Rates Differ by Product When Sourcing Shifts Save Tariff Costs and When They Just Move Them Announcement, Publication, Effective: The Three Tariff Dates That Matter Landed Cost Scenario Planning When Tariffs Will Not Sit Still Section 232 Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum: What Derivative Products Mean for Buyers Rules of Origin in Trade Agreements: Why Made Somewhere Is a Legal Test Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: Basics Every Importer Misses Supplier Diversification as Tariff Insurance Customs Ruling Letters as Early Tariff Signals Mid Year Tariff Budget Reforecasting When Rates Move Faster Than Plans Reciprocal Tariff Rates by Country: How to Track Them Without the Headlines Currency swings and tariff exposure: why the exchange rate changes your duty bill De minimis changes: preparing your store for lower duty-free thresholds Section 301 exclusions: how to request relief on China-origin goods

Section 301 tariffs add 25 percent or more to China-origin goods, but exclusions can remove them. How the exclusion process works, what makes a request persuasive, and how to manage your tariff position while you wait.