Import costs may ease for Houston businesses following tariff change

Local businesses that rely on imported goods said they welcomed a recent change in federal tariff policy that could ease costs for retailers and customers. At Tool Club Etc on Harwin Drive in Houston’s Chinatown, general manager Steven Elter said the store imports furniture, cookware and other metal products and watched costs spike when tariffs rose in recent years. “Very excited. We were very relieved that the products that we were importing will now be a lot cheaper than we’ve been paying.”