LondonPearl
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How do you think the new import tariffs will affect the demand and price of pearls in the USA?
New US Tariffs
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Pearl Dreams
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Overall everyone will have less discretionary money to spend on luxuries. For that matter, less to spend on necessities.
It is bound to affect purchases of all kinds, not just pearls.
It is bound to affect purchases of all kinds, not just pearls.
SteveM
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I guess this post really belongs here.
An increase of 34% on Chinese FW exports will have to be passed along to one degree or another. Fiji sticks out at 32%, J. Hunter seems to be uniquely targeted there, as French Polynesia scrapes by with just the universal 10%. I believe PP is selling from large stocks of J. Hunter pearls already in the US, offering a strong purchase incentive. Japan at 24% is probably the most impacted, given the quantity sold and average invoice price subject to the tariff. And at 46% you can forget Vietnamese Akoya as an economical alternative.
An increase of 34% on Chinese FW exports will have to be passed along to one degree or another. Fiji sticks out at 32%, J. Hunter seems to be uniquely targeted there, as French Polynesia scrapes by with just the universal 10%. I believe PP is selling from large stocks of J. Hunter pearls already in the US, offering a strong purchase incentive. Japan at 24% is probably the most impacted, given the quantity sold and average invoice price subject to the tariff. And at 46% you can forget Vietnamese Akoya as an economical alternative.
