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[01.02.2025] Bitte beachten Sie, dass nach der Ankündigung der US-Regierung von Strafzöllen in Höhe von 25% auf Produtke aus Mexico und Kanada in der Folge Rapido Trains Inc. den Vertrieb in die USA einstellen wird! Wir können in der Folge diese Produkte nicht wie gewohnt beziehen.
[03.02.2025] Die USA setzen die Zölle für 30 Tage vorläufig aus!
[02/01/2025] Please note: Due to the Presidential Decree about Tariffs of 25% against Mexico and Canada Rapido Trains Inc. announced to stop any exports to the US market. Therefore we are unable to import these models the way we used to do.
[02/03/2025] The USA suspended the tariffs for 30 days!

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What follows is a message from Jason Shron, our founder and president.

Hi everyone,

I know we’re all reeling from the cost increases in our hobby due to the 10% tariff that has been put in place against all goods made in China.

As Dan’s email explained yesterday, we now have no choice but to add the 10% tariff to your invoices. If we don’t charge you the tariff, the courier companies will bill you and they will add a hefty brokerage charge. By paying the tariff on your behalf, we remove the brokerage and other handling costs, and we (hopefully!) reduce any tariff-related delays. The full amount that we charge is remitted to the US government, because the tariff is charged on the invoice amount entering the United States.

We are in the process of arranging for a US warehouse to receive Rapido’s shipments directly from China [added: to avoid the planned 25% tariff for imports from Canada to the US]. This will reduce the tariff that we have to pay, because the tariff will be applied on the cost of goods from China. At that time we will be able to reduce – but not remove – the tariff charge to you. We will still keep it as a separate line item on your invoices as we do not believe in burying or hiding this extra cost. The first shipment to arrive at our US warehouse will be the Berlin Mills boxcars in late April or early May, so we only anticipate the full 10% tariff being in place until then.

Of course, if the tariffs are removed we will stop charging them immediately.

Thanks for your patience as we struggle with things totally beyond our control. We very much appreciate your business.

Sincerely,

Jason
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Jason Shron founded Rapido Trains Inc. in 2003 and incorporated the company in 2004. Rapido Trains of Toronto, Ontario, Canada is named after Canadian National s top-rated Rapido passenger trains of the 1960s and 1970s. The company specializes in high-quality, ready-to-run models of passenger trains from the Pullman-Standard cars of the transition era to the futuristic TurboTrain of the 60s and 70s. Models come detailed with full interiors, lighting and underbody equipment including separate steam, air and electrical conduits. The TurboTrain runs on DC and DCC layouts and contains two powered locomotives, each one with a sound decoder and speaker.

See our Milwaukee, WI, Trainfest Hobbyshow 2024 video for Rapido Trains here on our AAT TV channel on Logo YouTube