December 5, 2018

To Our AdVantage Line Distributor Partners:

We want to make you aware of a situation we have been monitoring closely and must bring to your attention. As mentioned daily in the news, our United States Government has imposed an additional 10% tariff on specific products that are manufactured in China and imported and sold into the United States. This 10% tariff is in addition to the standard duties already imposed on imported products. The tariff went into effect on September 24th, 2018 and will remain in effect until at least March 31, 2019. Many of AdVantage Line’s products are included in the current 10% tariff categories, and current and future purchases from China will be subject to the tariff expense in effect at the time of US Import. Despite AdVantage Line taking actions to decrease and minimize the tariff effects, the impact of the government tariff policy is a significant cost to everyone’s business. We are hopeful that the tariff situation will resolve itself with time and that new product inventory entering our warehouse will not experience the higher costs of taxes. Also note that all custom manufacturing quotes for products produced in China will be subject to possibly higher costs which will affect existing and future product pricing to our distributors.

Due to the tariff, the cost of select products increased as of November 1, 2018. AdVantage Line encourages you to check pricing on any large quantity orders to make certain our listed pricing is valid. Any orders that were placed prior to November 1st will not be affected by this price increase unless we are out of stock and awaiting new inventory. Please take this into consideration as you quote and place orders in the coming months and feel free to contact us with any questions.