International Tariff News from DSC Laboratories

With respect to the February 1, 2025 US Presidential Executive Order “Imposing Duties to Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China” (the “China EO”), our products are manufactured in Canada and use materials purchased from local suppliers. Accordingly, at this time we do not plan to update our pricing (and our January 2025 price list remains in effect). Also, we do not believe that our products are considered products of the PRC (within the meaning of the China EO).

While we very much hope to avoid any requirement to increase our prices, if circumstances beyond our control lead to an increase in our costs, we may have to adjust our prices accordingly. We will let you know if that is the case.

With respect to the US Presidential Executive Order of February 3, 2025 “Progress on the Situation at Our Northern Border” (the “Canada EO”), we note that the Canada EO contemplates the imposition, beginning on March 4, 2025, by the United States government of a 25 percent duty on most products from Canada. While we very much hope that such tariffs (and resulting counter-tariffs) do not come into effect, such tariffs and counter-tariffs (if they come into effect) will likely make it more expensive for us to manufacture our products and may also make it more expensive for customers in the US to purchase our products. In an effort to avoid such possible increased costs and prices we would recommend that our customers and dealers place orders as soon as they can. To the extent reasonably feasible, we will try to expedite production with a view to getting as many products as possible shipped before March 4, 2025. Orders will be processed in the sequence in which they are received.

Please let us know if you have any questions.
All the best in these uncertain times,
DSC Laboratories