So will DJI drone prices go way up in the US?

[Spin]

Since the US will be raising Tariffs on China products tonight at midnight ? by around 15% I would imagine DJI drones are going to make a big price jump here in the US. What say you?

 

[Deleted member 91193]

Depends on how many have already been ordered/paid for and already imported.

 

[FatherXmas]

Since the US will be raising Tariffs on China products tonight at midnight ? by around 15% I would imagine DJI drones are going to make a big price jump here in the US. What say you?

Depends on if China backs down. Doing so would be in their best interest.

 

[tleedom]

Since the US will be raising Tariffs on China products tonight at midnight ? by around 15% I would imagine DJI drones are going to make a big price jump here in the US. What say you?

I haven't seen the new list of items covered by this, but it very well could hit Dji products. Tariffs do not have a across the board type of impact, so it is not a "everything from China" will be 15% more tomorrow morning.

 

[tleedom]

Since the US will be raising Tariffs on China products tonight at midnight ? by around 15% I would imagine DJI drones are going to make a big price jump here in the US. What say you?

Looks like Dji prices should not change on Friday, according to this:

The change, which targets products already singled out by the September 2018 tariffs, is set to go into effect on Friday, May 10.

The 15% increase is on top to the 10% imposed in September 2018.


I based this assumption on the lack of a 10% price increase by Dji after the September 2018 tariff was imposed. The 2018 tariff could have included their products and they absorbed the cost, but I doubt it.

 

[RunnerGuy]

Toys and Electronics (iPhones, ...) are exempted in this round, so my guess is prices from DJI will not be affected.

 

[crlmjohnson]

Depends on how many have already been ordered/paid for and already imported.

Most likely

 

[Bob4131]

The tariffs announced last week going from 10% to 25% affects only props and batteries from a DJI perspective. But the announcement today of what would be affected if there is another round of tariff increases WILL include all DJI products - per what I can interpret from the AP News, etc. The US has not decided if / when that round of tariffs will occur.
Somehow I don't see DJI opening manufacturing outside of China so if this lasts awhile, it may help other drone companies. Who is #2 & #3 in consumer drones today? Stock buy recommendations ?? ?? The problem is that so much circuit board manufacturing is in China so to entirely escape the tariffs is difficult.
They did announce today the price of the smart controller is going up and DJI is blaming it on tariffs.