Impact of US tariffs during April and May 2025
If you visited the site between 11th April and 13th May, you may have wondered why there were so few products to choose from! Unfortunately, this was a consequence of the sudden introduction of large US import tariffs.
CraftStash is a British company but like many craft businesses, the majority of the goods we sell are manufactured in China. Between 2nd April and 10th April, the US tariff on goods manufactured in China rocketed from 20% to 154%. At such extreme tariff levels, we were unable to offer the majority of our product range to our customers in the USA. We were forced to pull most products off the site.
Thankfully, on Monday 12th May it was announced that from Wednesday 14th May the tariffs would drop to 30% (for 90 days at least!). This means that for the remainder of our Closing Down Sale period, we are able to offer you hundreds of great products again.