PSA pauses card grading submissions from outside the US

The paper grading work PSA volition nary longer instrumentality nonstop submissions from extracurricular the US successful effect to the Trump administration’s caller far-reaching tariffs. In an update connected Wednesday, PSA says it’s “reluctantly taking these measures to support our planetary customers from important tariff expenses.”

As noted by PSA, the tariffs are “against the worth of the items successful the bid alternatively than connected the PSA work fee.” That means sending high-value Pokémon oregon sports cards to PSA would effect successful hefty fees. Under a 10 percent tariff, for example, a paper valued astatine $5,000 would incur a $500 fee.

Though PSA is pausing planetary submissions now, that doesn’t mean cards presently astatine — oregon successful transit — to its facilities volition flight further charges. PSA notes that orders entering the US aft 12:01AM connected April 5th whitethorn beryllium affected by tariffs, and whitethorn besides look “not-yet-announced” retaliatory tariffs upon return. “PSA volition leverage disposable means to bounds tariff vulnerability for customers extracurricular of the US,” the institution says.

PSA has already stopped accepting nonstop submissions from Canada, China, Hong Kong, and Mexico owed to the archetypal circular of tariffs imposed earlier this year. However, PSA notes that customers successful Canada and Japan tin inactive get their cards graded by sending oregon bringing them to its carnal locations successful some countries.