Temu is adding “import charges” of around 145% in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on goods shipped from China, CNBC reports.
The fees cost more than the products that U.S. consumers are buying, and in some cases are more than doubling the price of a standard order. For example, CNBC found that a summer dress sold on Temu for $18.47 will cost $44.68 after $26.21 in import charges.
Shein has also hiked prices, but isn’t implementing an import charge, it appears.
The moves come a few weeks after Temu and Shein warned that they were going to raise prices for U.S. customers starting April 25 in response to the tariffs.
The 145% tariff on products made in China, along with Trump’s decision to end a customs exemption that had allowed goods under $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free, has disrupted the business models of both platforms.
