April 10th Update: Starting May 2nd, the “de minimus” (under $800 orders not tariffed right now) in the USA will end for products Made in China, even if shipped from Canada. This only affects doll hair weft, as China is the only country that produces it (unless you make your own). The last day to order weft will be Friday, April 25th for AMERICAN customers, as we don’t want to have you paying tariffs – which are at 104% as I’m writing, so basically more than doubling the cost to purchase a weft. This only affects weft, and not felt or craft kits or anything else, as long it’s under $800 shipping to USA. It doesn’t affect any goods shipping within Canada. 

March Update: Tariffs might raise the cost of goods. Some goods already had price increases this year, but they have not been raised on the website yet (felt and some other items). We might run low on some goods, like the metallic and glitter felt, as it already went up more than 10% before the tariffs (price not increased yet, decided to keep old price). 
At this point there are some unknowns. What is suspected is cost of goods to rise in some areas. The least likely impacted products will be those imported from the EU, which is the bulk of what we offer (wool felt for crafting is not manufactured in Canada). 

Important for customers in Canada to know: Bear Dance Crafts is a 100% Canadian owned and operated company for over 25 years. We only ship from Canada. Any duties or tariffs that goods are not exempt from have already been paid by us, you will not have to pay anything extra on your orders (just the usual PST, GST/HST).
While the majority of our goods come from the EU, we do carry some products from the USA. We are not sure if these will be subject to the 25% across-the-board tariffs that the Canadian government announced on Feb 1st (in retaliation of the import tariffs placed on Canadian goods by the US government).

Important for customers in the USA: Tariff exemption for packages under $800 halted! You can order up to $800 in goods and it will ship as it has for the last years, no tariffs currently applied (I’ll announce it if that changes, but it doesn’t look like it will be soon).
[This is older info, I will leave up, but is currently not very relevant when ordering right now, except for how much goods cost. (What this means is that when you order you will likely be paying a tariff (a kind of import duty tax) on items that are shipped to you. We have heard it is 25% across the board. But, what is unclear (to me, right now) is if that includes imports that are imported. Perhaps you buy doll knit, manufactured in the EU, I don’t know if that will be subject to 25% tariff, or a different tariff that will be placed on EU goods. What I am guessing is that border service agents will be dealing with a lot of smaller value packages coming in from Canada, China, Mexico, etc and having to assess them for the tariffs, hand them off to USPS (or couriers) and then customers will be presented with a bill to pay to receive their goods. This is how it works in Canada (CBSA, the Canada Post), so I am just guessing. I don’t know if it will cause a massive build up of goods at the border, delaying orders. I don’t know if they will see the tariff codes for the EU and not levy any tariffs. As it was just announced and will come into effect after this first weekend in February, there are so many unknowns and guessing)].

Which products do we carry that are from the USA?
– Stick ‘n Stitch printable sheets: https://www.beardancecrafts.com/product/stick-n-stitch-individual-printable-sheets/
Sulky of America produces these, however Taiwan is listed as country of origin.

– Glitter wool felt: https://www.beardancecrafts.com/product-category/glitter-metallic-pattern-felt/glitter-on-wool-felt/
Produced in the USA on EU wool felt.

– Metallic wool felt: https://www.beardancecrafts.com/product-category/glitter-metallic-pattern-felt/metallic-on-wool-felt/
Produced in the USA on EU wool felt.

– Wood figures from North America (we also carry EU wood figures): https://www.beardancecrafts.com/product/peg-people/
Produced in the USA from North American hardwood.

I think that’s it? We do carry some felt colours imported from the USA, as they have them custom produced in the EU.

Will these products increase in price? Probably. They might not fall under the 25% tariff coming into Canada, but they will likely be subject to higher tariffs being imported into the USA (if not 100% USA product). Then there is the CAD to USD exchange.
There are many factors that will come into play.
Right now we will keep the current stock at the listed price. We may have to hold off on restocking these products until the tariffs come down, are clearer, etc, we just can’t say right now.

What we can say is THANK YOU, especially to our Canadian customers for choosing to shop with Bear Dance Crafts.
It’s been a tough time with the 2024 postal strike and many other economic factors in the last couple of years.

Thank you for choosing to shop with a small Canadian business, especially in these challenging times,
Natalie