# TEMU going "all US local"

**URL:** <https://discussion.fool.com/t/temu-going-all-us-local/116125>\
**Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\
**Created:** [May 2, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/temu-going-all-us-local/116125 "2025-05-02T18:30:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/temu-going-all-us-local/116125/1 "2025-05-02T18:30:13Z")

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Maybe Trump was right with the tariffs?

> **[Temu to stop selling goods from China directly to US customers](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy79j2n7d4o)**
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> The online marketplace says it will move to a "local fulfillment model" in the US, with sales handled by locally based sellers.

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**Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/temu-going-all-us-local/116125/2 "2025-05-02T18:34:55Z")

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> [@intercst](#):
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> Maybe Trump was right with the tariffs?

We will know when you buy your first American product off of Temu. A product that actually says made in the United States. I think it will be to expensive though.

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**Author:** ![steve203](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/steve203/32/3302_2.png) [@steve203](https://discussion.fool.com/u/steve203)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/temu-going-all-us-local/116125/3 "2025-05-03T00:41:37Z")

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> [@buynholdisdead](#):
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> We will know when you buy your first American product off of Temu. A product that actually says made in the United States. I think it will be to expensive though.

The “news” this evening was reporting on the charges for small packages. iirc, there is supposed to be a $100/package charge.

Ah, the net is a wonderful thing.

_Commercial carriers will be collecting 145% tariffs on declared values. The U.S. Postal Service, a government agency that offers international mail service, can choose either to charge a 120% tariff on low-value packages or a flat fee of $100 per shipment, which is set to rise to $200 on June 1._

> **[Cheap parcels from China will no longer be duty-free. Here's what it means...](https://apnews.com/article/de-minimis-trump-tariffs-china-1b52319a85572331baf31cb6287ecddf)**
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> The Trump administration is ending a duty-free exemption on low-value imports from China Friday. For consumers, that will mean higher prices and delivery delays when the government starts collecting tariffs on every single shipment.

I would suspect that TEMU has run the numbers, and found it cheaper to ship to a US warehouse, in bulk, then fulfill domestic orders from the warehouse…and they can brag about 'creating USian jobs"

Steve

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**Post date:** [May 3, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/temu-going-all-us-local/116125/4 "2025-05-03T02:51:06Z")

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> [@steve203](#):
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> I would suspect that TEMU has run the numbers, and **found it cheaper to ship to a US warehouse** , in bulk, then fulfill domestic orders from the warehouse…and they can brag about 'creating USian jobs"

Wouldn’t that still be subject to the 145% tariff?

I’m guessing they’ve found a way to get stuff into the US under the Mexico tariff regime.

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