Canadians will also pay more for Leica cameras as a result of US tariffs

Leica has confirmed terms increases for some the US and Canada starting this week. | Image: Leica

Price increases connected electronics arsenic a effect of President Trump’s planetary tariffs are starting to beryllium felt extracurricular the US, arsenic a Canadian camera store precocious discovered. As a effect of however Leica imports its products into North America, a store successful Calgary, Alberta, was precocious notified by the camera shaper that it would beryllium expanding trader pricing by 7 percent starting connected May 1st, 2025, successful some the US and Canada, according to PetaPixel.

After receiving the announcement astir the terms increases from Leica USA connected April 16th, The Camera Store’s managing manager Peter Jeune contacted their Leica rep and “asked wherefore Canadians would beryllium subjected to US tariffs erstwhile determination are options to legally debar charging tariffs erstwhile exporting to different countries,” Jeune told PetaPixel.

Leica’s effect was that the institution “wanted terms parity betwixt Canada and the US.” But according to Jeune, erstwhile they asked Leica akin questions astir terms increases successful Canada successful 2019 aft the US had imposed tariffs connected German products, the institution told them “it was excessively overmuch work” to differentiate pricing successful the US and Canada.

However, the camera shaper clarified to PetaPixel that the terms increases are a effect of however its products are imported into some countries. “I tin corroborate that the tariff terms accommodation volition interaction the Canadian marketplace likewise to the US, arsenic Leica Camera North America operates retired of the US, with each imports managed done its US office earlier reaching Canada,” explains Leica’s commercialized selling & merchandise communications manager, Nathan Kellum-Pathe.

While the “current tariff timeline prevents structural changes for now,” according to Kellum-Pathe, they besides confirmed that “Leica Camera North America is actively exploring ways to amended enactment Canadian customers, including the anticipation of establishing Canada arsenic its ain subsidiary wrong Leica’s planetary income network.”

Trump’s far-reaching US tariffs are decidedly being felt successful the photography industry. After expanding the terms of its popular Osmo Pocket 3 camera from $519 to $619 successful April, DJI precocious increased pricing again to $799 successful the US. Australia’s Blackmagic Design has besides increased the prices of its integer cinema cameras, and halted plans to physique a caller mill successful Dallas, Texas, due to the fact that tariffs connected imported semiconductor parts utilized to physique its cameras determination would negate anticipated savings.