The packages travel in a conveyor call the duration of cybernetic Monday, one of the company’s most active days in a Amazon compliance center on December 2, 2024 in Orlando, Florida.
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Amazon It is reaching the merchants of third parties, which represent most of the products that the company sells, to evaluate how the hunger rates of President Donald Trump are affecting their businesses.
The members of the Relationship team with the Amazon seller began to contact some US merchants last week, according to an email seen by CNBC. The email asks how the “current tariff situation of the United States” has impacted the supply and fixing strategies of sellers, logistics operations and plans to send products to Amazon warehouses.
“I wanted to open a discussion about the current rate of the United States and how it is affecting our businesses at Amazon, particularly in terms of logistics,” says email. “In April 2025, we are still dealing with the repercussions of several tariff policies, and I think it is crucial for us who share current experiences and strategies.”
Amazon representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comments on email, which was previously informed by the Wall Street Journal.
Companies of all sizes are digesting the impact of Trump’s new rates. Earlier this month, the president signed an executive order that imposed a long -range plan, but in a matter of days he reversed the course and reduced the specific tariffs of the country at a universal rate of 10% for all commercial partners, except China, which in which they face them 125%. The markets and bond markets have fluctuated greatly in the last two weeks.
China’s taxes could be privileged for the millions of companies that depend on the Amazon third party market and obtain many of their products from the second largest economy in the world. Third -party vendors now represent approximately 60% or all products sold on the Amazon website.
Some Amazon sellers told CNBC that plan to stay stable in prices during the time they can remain competitive, but that the additional cost of rates could finally get them out of the business if they remain in their place.
The Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, said last week that some vendors can end up spending the cost of tariffs to consumers in the form of higher prices.
“I understand why, I mean, depending on which country you are in, you don’t have an additional margin of 50% with which you can play,” Jassy said Thursday in an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin of CNBC.
Tariffs have affected other parts of Amazon’s retail business. Last week, the company asked to cancel some direct import orders for products obtained by suppliers in China, said CNBC consultants. Some home suppliers and kitchen accessories had products ready for the collection of Amazon in shipping ports, just to know that their orders were canceled.
Amazon shares have dropped 18% so far this year, while Nasdaq has fallen by 13%.
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