Daily intel for cross-border sellers β products, policy, platforms, and the moves that work.
Sellers must hit 99% valid tracking, 90% on-time delivery, <2% cancellation, 95% response rate, <2% negative feedback started April. GSH insight: If you're cross-listing from Amazon, your historical performance does not transfer β this is a clean-slate scorecard.
Adds roughly $0.17 per unit average in the US per Supply Chain Dive. Extends to Buy with Prime and Multi-Channel Fulfillment in the US/Canada starting May 2. Insight: If your FBA SKUs run on <20% margin, recalculate today. Larger/heavier units get hit harder than the average.
Builds on the August 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act expansion. Tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper derivatives moved from 25% to 10β50% effective April 6 (White & Case). Insight: Any product with metal hardware β kitchenware, fitness gear, jewelry findings β needs a recosβ¦
Interim β¬3 flat duty from July 1, 2026. The European Commission confirmed the bridging tariff this month ahead of full customs hub rollout in 2028 (Avalara). Every parcel under β¬150 now carries duty. Insight: China-direct dropship into EU effectively ends in 9 weeks. Sellers shipβ¦
Street consensus: $177.2B revenue, +13% YoY. Andy Jassy already disclosed Rufus AI drove $12B in incremental salesin 2025. Why it matters: AI shopping assistant attribution numbers will set the bar for how Shopify, TikTok Shop, and Walmart talk about their own AI commerce stacks.β¦