Up=Coming China Tariffs on Copiers parts & accessories

These are two listing that I found on ustr.gov site:

• 8443.99.20 Parts of printer units of subheading 8443.32.10 specified in additional U.S. note 2 to this chapter
• 8443.99.45 Parts and accessories of copying machines; nesoi

Subheading 8443.99.20  following parts of printer units of subheading 8443.32.10:

(a)  Control or command assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: printed circuit assembly, hard or flexible (floppy) disk drive, keyboard, user interface;

(b)  Light source assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: light emitting diode assembly, gas laser, mirror polygon assembly, base casting;

(c)  Laser imaging assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: photoreceptor belt or cylinder, toner receptacle unit, toner developing unit, charge/discharge units, cleaning unit;

(d)  Image fixing assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: fuser, pressure roller, heating element, release oil dispenser, cleaning unit, electrical control;

(e)  Ink jet marking assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: thermal print head, ink dispensing unit, nozzle and reservoir unit, ink heater; 
(f)  Maintenance/sealing assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: vacuum unit, ink jet covering unit, sealing unit, purging unit;

(g)  Paper handling assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: paper transport belt, roller, print bar, carriage, gripper roller, paper storage unit, exit tray;

(h)  Thermal transfer imaging assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: thermal print head, cleaning unit, supply or take-up roller;

(ij) Ionographic imaging assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: ion generation and emitting unit, air assist unit, printed circuit assembly, charge receptor belt or cylinder, toner receptacle unit, toner distribution unit, developer receptacle and distribution unit, developing unit, charge/discharge unit, cleaning unit; or

(k) Combinations of the above specified assemblies.

https://ustr.gov/about-us/poli...ffs-chinese-products

really surprised there's no chatter about this

I have heard from some of the secondary aftermarket suppliers wanting people to stock up before the tariffs take effect. Seems they are using it like any other bad news piece and trying to gain business now. 

I also wonder how this will affect the Japanese manufacturers.

Well today is the day. I still haven't heard one thing from any of our manufacturers about this....

same here, I guess they will start their nonsense once USA stocks have been depleted.  I just heard of a Toshiba dealer that won school business based on .0018 for black and .02 for color.  hahaha!

Art Post posted:

same here, I guess they will start their nonsense once USA stocks have been depleted.  I just heard of a Toshiba dealer that won school business based on .0018 for black and .02 for color.  hahaha!

I'll never for the life of me understand why someone would take that business.