and as the article says it's going to cause prices to shoot up so even if they have the cash, some dongle that would sell at $10 might not sell as well at $30, so they aren't even going to be able to e.g. borrow money to float until they can sell the goods.

And if that tax isn't paid the shipment goes back, billed to the original shipper.

I wonder how much stuff is going to be completely wasted by this process.

Not just small. _all_ businesses.

I mean, aside from the profits.

Very exciting that we can't predict how much extra we'll pay by the time our orders hit the shores.