interesting, but retroactive going back how far?
Will newegg send me a check for the difference on my 3080 purchased last summer? (no)
importers have to pay duty/tariffs when the vessel clears customs, which is before it arrives at port.
if it is in fact retroactive, they will still have to apply for duty/tariff drawbacks since it was already paid. this does not happen immediately, it takes months.
so either the imoporters are going to eat millions of dollars selling tariff'd goods without tariff'd prices, and waiting for their refunds, or they'll just sell the existing landed inventory at current pricing until it's exhausted, then sell the new inventory without tariffs afterward
I know nothing about the industry's strategy for dealing with this, but I import hundreds of containers per year and deal with duty/tariff deferment all the time