🇺🇸 USA Tariffs and how it affects on US customers buying from Taitaya Forge

Welcome to my little FAQ on the Tariff situation. Because it is changing all time and as more information comes available to me, I have created this page as a resource to help you understand what the situation is and how it would affect you, should you choose to join our fan and customer base. 

In case you are not aware, Taitaya Forge is based in the United Kingdom. However about half of our sales are in the USA. This is likely because we got our break on the US based Etsy platform. Going forward I would like to still send our work out to you. 

What is the current situation?

On the 30th of July 2025 the White House announced  that from the 29th of August onwards the De Minimis rule will not apply onto any international parcels coming into the USA. 

This means that it won't apply to our parcels either. In the past, any orders from us have not had any tariffs, import duty applied to them because their value is under $800 USD. This will now change. 

USPS has announced that it will not deliver any parcels that do not have the tariff paid in advance through a DDP scheme (Delivery Duty Paid).  This has left postal offices around the world scrambling to set up systems in place, with many suspending deliveries all together. Royal Mail will be implementing a PDDP (Postal Delivery Duty Paid) system that they expect to launch on Thursday the 28th of August. The rate that will be charged is the country specific IEEPA rate. For the UK this stands at 10%. 

Orders from this point onwards are going to be shipped after August 29th, to tide us over the transition period. 

 

What to expect in the near future?

If you order now, I will hold off on shipping your order, until I can find a delivery duty paid service. Royal Mail are will soon have set up their PDDP service in time. Courier is not an option at the moment, with delivery prices having doubled in the last day. 

Either way, I am paying the tariff in advance, so you will not incur any extra cost at import. 

Meanwhile, I will keep up to date on news and update this article as necessary.

 

Updated 28th of August 2025 by Marleena Barran