How one small business is navigating Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs on Canadian goods

New York (AP) – Fishing seafood, owner Brian Seliga is worried about oysters.

Seliga, who operates retail and wholesale places in Philadelphia and Hadonfield, sells a number of seafood. But brave, tangled oysters are the largest part of his common business. And 70% of 60% come from Canada.

Trump administration is over again, 25% tariffs on imports from Canada – which came into force on Tuesday Only stopped Some items of one month on Thursday – Szeliga Whiplash is given. Clogged, which makes it difficult to plan ahead. And if the tariffs are finally come into force, he most likely should raise prices and offer lesser elections to his customers.

“Some of the” chaos and tremors and fear “approach can actually be based on a business plan, knowing what it really doesn’t really happen. “It’s a big problem.”

Seliga began fishing four years ago after other jobs in the Seafood Food Industry, including the cook and worked for a non-profit organization. His customers include neighboring locals, while others who go to his retail stores, as well as restaurant wholesale customers.

He gives some US products directly from fish farms, but for Canadian oyster passes through dealers.

“They are larger companies that unite from all (seafood) manufacturers, then spread throughout the country,” he said.

There is also a quality consideration.

“Canadian oysters just have the size, the taste of the profile and the brand recognition that our customers prefer and raised in love,” he said.

On Tuesday, most of his suppliers said Seliga that they were rising prices. He only goes one goes, while the tariff came into force, buying some “sweet trifle” of Prince Edward Island to make sure the wholesale customer has enough products. He paid all 25% of his paid and did not transfer it to his customer by eating extra costs. The increase in the prices of suppliers will most likely drop to be postponed, but only one month.

Now that he has a month’s return, Seliga said it plans to settle its own inventory and work with its wholesale customers to plan the menu, which will have less impact on tariffs. It can mean higher prices, replace higher quality oysters with internal or low prices with Canadian offers.

“Now that we have a picture of what it looks like like that, let’s start designing your menus so that he can work again X, Y, Z (when tariffs return). He said he asked his customers. “What products are going to work for you in a month?”