Tempo.co,, Jakarta – Acer becomes the first laptop manufacturer to raise the prices of his products in the United States because of the new imported tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.

As he reported VergeThe Acer laptop price is reportedly increased by 10 percent starting from next month.

“We think 10pc is likely to be a given price increase due to import tax taxes. It is very direct“Said CEO and President Acer, Jason Chen, referring to the tariffs imposed by imported slave from China.

Although most technological companies have yet to announce their response to this policy, Acer has made the decision to raise prices from last week and will be implemented soon. However, the increase will not apply to the work surfaces, as Acer has already moved its production place outside China.

Acer is currently considering similar opportunities to produce laptops, including the possibility of moving production to the United States. Currently, most of the world’s laptops are still gathering in China, including American companies like Apple, Dell and HP.

Meanwhile, Telegraph They reported that several companies could use these new import tariffs as a reason for increasing prices for more than 10%. In addition to Acer, Apple, Dell and HP, other laptop manufacturers like Lenovo, Asus and Razer can follow.

As for the framework, a modular laptop manufacturer, they stated that these new import policies may not have a significant impact on their main products, frame portable counts and main panels, which were produced in Taiwan.

“Some of our modules have been manufactured in China, so we take this into account for future module prices for US customers on the frame market, because we still diversify our supply base“Said the executive director of the box, Nirav Patel.