US tariffs, tldr is $2.17

[rumbledethumps]

Last night, at a meeting of retro nerds, someone asked me about the Pi Pico and the tariff situation. Raspberry Pi is a UK company who makes chips in Taiwan and assembles boards at Sony's factory in Inazawa, Japan. There's also some local manufacturing, such as the factory in Nairobi, Kenya. There is currently no extra tax on the Pi Pico.

The WDC parts 65C02 and 65C22 are made in Taiwan for WDC, a US company. They are exclusively sold in the US by Mouser, a US company. So no problem there.

The RAM currently comes from Alliance, a company who seems to go bankrupt and change hands every few years. It doesn't look like there's an unusual tariff here. If this changes, there are other options, since it's just SRAM. The 74xx chips are interchangeable too.

I keep circuit boards in stock in the US in my Tindie store. Since I order 100 at a time, there are US options that are cheaper than China now. This won't be a problem.

Passive components, like resistors and connectors, will often be made in China. Today, the tariff on those parts is $2.17. Mouser has some kind of free port. They charge tariffs as a separate line item, calculated when you place the order. The cost is shown right next to other taxes and shipping, so no surprises.

The only thing that got hit hard is having the board soldered in China for $30. You're not going to find a US manufacturer who will even talk to you for less than five digits.

You can keep up with tax changes that affect your Mouser order here:
https://www.mouser.com/section-301-tariff-updates/