{"id":63904,"date":"2025-09-08T11:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63904"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:39:50","slug":"passion-radio-suspends-us-shipments-following-tariff-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/passion-radio-suspends-us-shipments-following-tariff-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion Radio Suspends US Shipments Following Tariff Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to David (F1JXQ) who notes that his radio retailer, <em><strong>Passion Radio<\/strong><\/em> in France, has temporarily suspended shipments to the United States.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/passion-radio-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63906\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/passion-radio-logo.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/passion-radio-logo.webp 600w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/passion-radio-logo-300x68.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>This decision follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new 15% US tariff on goods imported from the European Union.<\/li>\n<li>Service suspensions by La Poste (as of August 25, 2025) and new UPS processing fees (effective September 8, 2025).<\/li>\n<li>Added complexity with US customs procedures and brokerage charges billed directly to buyers at delivery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The company hopes to resume shipments once a fair and reliable shipping solution is found.<\/p>\n<p>More details and updates are also available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.passion-radio.com\/store\/hamradio-us-tariff-43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.passion-radio.com\/store\/hamradio-us-tariff-43<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to David (F1JXQ) who notes that his radio retailer, Passion Radio in France, has temporarily suspended shipments to the United States. This decision follows: A new 15% US tariff on goods imported from the European Union. Service suspensions by La Poste (as of August 25, 2025) and new UPS processing fees (effective September [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,714],"tags":[10903,7373],"class_list":["post-63904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-retailers","tag-passion-radio","tag-tariffs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gCI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61942,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/usps-suspends-parcel-shipments-from-china-and-hong-kong-amid-new-tariffs\/","url_meta":{"origin":63904,"position":0},"title":"USPS Temporarily Suspends Parcel Shipments from China and Hong Kong Amid New Tariffs","author":"Thomas","date":"February 5, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE: The USPS has reversed this decision and parcel delivery has been resumed. 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