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No one has to answer your questions. They can make whatever comments they want. No need to be an ass.
The tariffs are simply an import duty and they are calculated by HS code and product origin. They are paid by an import agent at the point of import before the goods are released.
In practice many items sent by courier will not get any duty historically. It depends what, if anything, customs decide to do. I don't think the manpower exists to look at every package and charge accordingly.
They'll just do it for randomly selected shipments, much like only a handful of shipping containers will get customs checks each day. It's not practical to apply it across the board, so the tariffs will be based almost entirely on paperwork. There's nothing at all stopping a seller from misdeclaring origin and value on paperwork to avoid duties, but why would they when the tariffs don't have any bearing on the sellers?
There was a de minimis exception for anything under 800 USD for courier shipments, but numbnuts got rid of that too.
They were the ass. Nothing in my post indicated I don't understand what they are and who pays them. I was asking about how the process works in practice.
(edit: replying to new stuff added to post):
This was part of my confusion as to how the tariffs were getting calculated and charged. One person said they were getting calculated when being cleared through customs, which would mean that every shipment would have to be processed and calculated at that time, or at least verified if it had already been pre-calculated.
So that certainly seems to justify the de minimus exceptions, since the cost of dealing with small-value shipments would be higher than what would be gained from the tariffs on them. Now they've removed that exception for China--I suppose they figure the huge increase in tariff rates will make up for that cost.
Pretty sure they were saying trump has a lack of understanding of tariffs.
And again, no one has to type words you want to hear. No one has to answer your specific questions.
The comment was simply saying (as far as I understood it) that the administration seems to have no idea what tariffs are nor how to use them to their benefit.
You were being the ass by somehow deciding your questions and views are the only important ones, and that any response must be on your terms or is worthy of scorn.
I didn't express any views about it, just asked for help understanding how the process worked and got an insult as the first reply. No, they don't have to answer and yes, they can just post a disparaging reply if they want, but I am also allowed to respond and defend myself as well.
Several people, including you in your edit, provided helpful information, and I thank all those who posted helpful replies.
I don't see this supposed insult that got you worked up. The commenter stated that Trump supposedly has a department for this, but evidently no one knows what they are doing in said department, or indeed the administration as a whole on this issue.