- Acer Executive Director warns that customers will see that laptop prices will grow from March 2025
- 10% increase follows news about tariffs imposed by Trump administration
- Tariffs are applied to products imported from China
The Chairman and Executive Director Acer, one of the world’s largest computer manufacturers, warned that a 10% increase of 10% comes to US customers “according to the default settings” as a result of Tariff Trump on imported Chinese goods.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Jason Chen CEO confirmed that the cost adjustments for customers will be added to Acer laptops to reflect the tariff, noting: “We think 10pc is likely to be default to increase prices due to import tax. That’s very simple. “
The tariffs are applicable to the items imported from China, but do not apply to products that have gone before February 2025, so it may take several weeks before they value it to reflect it. Because electronic goods make up a significant part of Chinese imports and most Acer products are produced in China – it is likely to affect many products throughout the industry.
Customers wear their heads
The move was quite widely scheduled in the industry, and the executive director of the Association for Consumer Technology recently warned that the tariff plan would be ‘devastating’, recalling that the tariffs did not pay any countries involved, “they are paid by consumers who pay taxes.”
Although 10% may not seem much, Acer laptops can often sit between $ 2,000 to $ 3,000, which means customers will see hundreds of dollars added to their accounts.
Acer is not the only company that produces its products abroad, in fact, almost 80% of laptops and 40% of all technological products imported to the USA is made in China and will affect these tariffs one way or another – so that Americans can expect them to see injured pockets in the near future.
Some companies can use tariffs as an excuse to increase price more than 10%, but many companies have not yet confirmed that they expect their products to influence.
Chen confirmed that Acer studied the possibility of “different supply chains outside China” and that “one of the options” was the US production line.