Reply To: Mini costs to go up in the US?

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What will drive costs are not so much as the Tariffs, which I do not believe have any impact, but due to a booming economy in much of the world but especially the USA, the demand on the input material used to make games is going up.

Paper, ink, plastic, resin and the components of pewter are all going up.  This is not to mention that as oil goes up so does the price of shipping and transportation.  Labor shortages are leading to increased wages.  Wages in China have been going up in general.

IMHO, tariffs will do little, but costs will be going up due to other factors.