For the "TL;DR" crowd: If you have a spring project on the to do list, our recommendations would be to order before April 9th in case the President does not change his mind and does indeed go through with these massive new taxes.
Yesterday, April 2, 2025, President Trump rolled out his massive and widespread import taxes on nearly everything imported to the USA. These new taxes will impact every business and every consumer in the USA, even those with domestic production / final assembly as the supply chain is global and most things you buy do have some fine print regarding globally sources materials / components.
Our company was founded in 2003. Even way back then 3M PPF has always been produced with globally sourced materials. Starting with the current generation of Scotchgard Pro 200, 3M moved production to Taiwan to improve quality and maintain price. There has been no indication from 3M they currently have the ability to produce these materials in the USA.
What does this mean for your paint protection needs? According to the list published by the President, Taiwan (where 3M produces its pro series paint protection film) will be subject to an additional 32% import tax starting April 9th. The instability of the messaging coming from Washington has made business planning a challenge for every business including ours. Over the years we have worked very hard to keep pricing stable but if tariff changes are not made and the cost goes up 32% or more that tax increase will be directly reflected in retail pricing.
If you have a spring project on the to do list, our recommendations would be to order before April 9th in case the President does not change his mind and does indeed go through with these massive new taxes.