16/07/2026
US tariffs on Australian goods increasing to 12.5%. Blood Knot prices will increase accordingly and I apologise to my very valued US customers. I’m pretty bloody annoyed, if you don’t want to be offended, stop reading here, the rest is a rant.
I’m pretty disgusted to have to post this and as friendly and supportive as the rope / knotting related groups are, I will no doubt encourage a few haters to raise their Neolithic heads. Apparently, this US Administration believes Australia supports slavery and is intending to impose a further tariff on Australian products. The proposed tariff will by 12.5% (increased from 10%). Then there is of course a fee on top of that.
A tariff is a tax and the US cannot impose a tax on me, (a proud Aussie, indifferent to religion, centrist in politics, discerning regarding beer and good scotch whisky and pretty strongly against slavery in any of its guises). They make me collect taxes from US citizens on their behalf by forcing me to charge higher prices for US customers than I do for anyone else in the world. That’s a bloody disgrace on several levels, particularly as knot Tyers do not generally live in the upper levels of socioeconomic luxury.
Other countries charge duties (also a tax) but have the decency to collect them at their border, openly and without the subterfuge of pretending they’re taxing other countries.
In short, I’m offended the US considers Australia, a bloody long time ally, a supporter of slavery and I bloody well begrudge collecting their taxes with that disgusting allegation tainting them.
This tax will be charged on goods arriving in the US from 24/07/2026. Therefore I will be reluctantly increasing my prices for US customers accordingly.
