明白了嗎？
The company importing the goods — not the exporting company or country — directly pays the tariff. The duty is collected when the goods clear customs at the importing country’s port of entry.
“When you’re (a company) importing a good from another country, you’re effectively buying that good in that country,” said Michael Coon, an associate professor at the University of Tampa who studies international economics. “So you’re paying whatever price they’re charging in that country. Then it’s your responsibility to get the goods into your country. If you want to get the goods into your country, then you have to pay the import tariffs.”
So let’s say the U.S. levied a new tariff on laptops from China, and Amazon imports Chinese laptops. A broker representing Amazon would most likely pay the tax to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service when the goods enter the country.
But businesses almost always pass additional costs on to consumers. That means you, the customer buying the laptop, would typically wind up paying the tariff, even if you didn’t know it. The cost would get passed down to you in the form of a higher price.
看了半天。最後是消費者支付了進口關稅。
