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When Los Angeles-based perfumer Maxwell Williams placed an order for perfume bottle caps from China on April 26, they weren’t sure what they would have to pay in the end. With the de minimis loophole set to end on May 2, which had previously exempted goods worth less than $800 from tariffs, Williams was concerned about having to eat an additional cost.
Fortunately for Williams, the caps arrived in Los Angeles from China on April 30, before the de minimis loophole ended. But in light of uncertainty around President Trump’s evolving tariff policies, Williams is holding off on purchasing more supplies from abroad.
“I have already held off on ordering some bottles from the U.K. because it’s too volatile and it would not fit under de minimis,” said Williams, whose UFO Parfums label makes scents like a hentai-inspired perfume and collaborates with the likes of sustainable clothing brand Everybody World. “I can’t take on that extra cost right now. I’m operating on very, very thin margins, and a 10% cost on an order of a few thousand bucks breaks me.”
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