Shein and Temu increase prices in response to Trump tariffs

Donald Trump’s amazing tariffs for Chinese imports have hit almost every category of consumer goods, from electronics and automobiles to clothing and shoes. One of the most endangered industries are the UltracheAP e-commerce websites such as Shein, Temu and Aliexpress, to which American buyers are used to. It already shows signs of a bloodbath.

Last week Shein and Temu warned the buyers that price increases on April 25th came on April 25th. A spot check of prices in Shein shows modest increases in the categories, although not every article is more expensive than a week ago. A few children’s fleece pants that were 8.29 US dollars on April 17th cost 10.19 US dollars. A female dress for women of $ 22.39 now costs $ 27.51. A few pants that were 13.99 US dollars have risen to $ 17.09. Sheins inventory and prices change every day so that it is impossible to determine why an article has changed in the price, but sheer buyers have noticed that their shopping carts and wishists have become more expensive: Reddit buyers report some items that doubled. Provided according to data The verge According to bright data, the price increases from Shein until the beginning of March were mostly modest compared to the late 2024 prices, and many products had not changed during this period. When prices begin to rise, many of the contributions come on the Shein Subreddit from the buyers who have confused the additional, hidden costs they arise, or from people who are asking whether they continue to shop.

“Bye time to buy elsewhere,” wrote a user under a screenshot with three articles with a total of 74 US dollars.

A message on the Shein site shows that tariffs are burned into the price for consumers. “Customs are included in the price they pay,” says a popup. “You never have to pay for additional delivery.” The current tariff set for Chinese imports is 145 percent, but this does not contain any additional taxes that are to be effective on May 2. Starting, packages worth less than $ 800 are subject to new taxes of either $ 100 or $ 120 percent of the package. It is not clear whether this round of the sham price is the tariffs that will be recorded on low value packages from May, and Shein did not react immediately The vergeQuestions.

At AliExpress, the costs for tariffs are more distinguished. The website sells everything, from clothing and accessories via technical devices and components in large quantities, and some lists now show “import fees and others” under the price of an article. Here, too, the tariff prices vary strongly -two sneakers for sale for $ 160 have imported a whopping 260.80 US dollars. Products that are delivered directly by Aliexpress do not indicate import taxes, possibly because they come from a house to buyers. An order of three articles with a total of $ 172.45 (all shipping of global sellers) would arise according to the Aliexpress Kasse tariffs worth $ 282.69.

The Aliexpress Subreddit is similarly filled with the screenshots of the buyers of taxes, to which their orders would be subject to. The tariffs are affected in the USA -based companies that import components, which are then put together in complete products in Germany. Some buyers report that deliveries for their small company are not available for the purchase of AliExpress.

Small companies were some of the volume opponents of Trump’s tax increase for imports. On Thursday, a group of tabletop game company sued the Trump administration because of its tariffs and called them “illegal and unconstitutional”. Trump has wrongly claimed that export countries pay tariffs; Economists and companies have regularly warned that the costs for import duties will finally be passed on to consumers.