Due to U.S. tariffs announced on Wednesday, April 2, PSA will be temporarily pausing the acceptance of PSA grading submissions directly to its U.S. facilities, including through PSAcard.com, from customers located in all countries outside of the United States. This is an expansion on previously announced restrictions on direct submissions coming from Canada, China, Hong Kong, and Mexico.
Why is PSA making this update?
PSA is reluctantly taking these measures to protect our international customers from significant tariff expenses. The newly imposed tariffs are against the value of the items in the order rather than on the PSA service fee. The table below provides an illustrative example of the tariff charges that would be incurred by customers, which is on top of PSA’s grading fees and shipping expenses.
| Value of Order | 10% Tariff | 20% Tariff |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | $50 | $100 |
| $5,000 | $500 | $1,000 |
For customers in Japan, all submissions to PSA must be submitted to our full-scale grading operation in Tokyo, which is not currently impacted. Please visit PSAcard.co.jp to learn more and begin submissions.
For customers in Canada, submissions can still be made by dropping off or sending cards to our official PSA Submission Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Please visit PSAcanada.ca to learn more about this process and download paper forms to create your submissions. Customers can also continue to submit via PSA Authorized Dealers in Canada.
We are currently working on solutions to allow our PSA customers outside of the United States, Japan, and Canada to continue submitting via PSA Authorized Dealers. We will soon provide updates on the resumption of submissions for customers impacted globally, as we are working on solutions in real time.
With this pause in place, customers outside of the United States will temporarily be unable to complete direct submissions in the Online Submission Center at PSAcard.com. Should any submissions be completed and sent to the U.S. from these countries, customers who send them will be financially responsible for any tariffs, duties, and other taxes incurred by PSA, as provided in Section 5 of our User Agreement.
Also, while these tariff regulations are in place, customers from outside of the U.S. who send graded cards to the PSA Vault for storage will also be responsible for any tariff charges incurred by PSA. Currently, shipping graded cards to the PSA Vault from outside of the U.S. is not encouraged.
We do apologize to our customers outside of the United States for this inconvenience, and we appreciate your understanding and patience. We will provide further updates as they become available, as we strive to keep PSA authentication and grading services accessible to all collectors worldwide.
Tariff Impact Regulation FAQs
Q: How has my access to the PSA Online Submission Center changed, and what can I expect going forward?
A: Customers in impacted countries will no longer be able to start or complete a submission with PSA through the Online Submission Center. Customers in Canada will still be able to submit to PSA by leveraging our official Submission Center located in Halifax, or through a PSA Authorized Dealer in the country. Customers in Japan will still be able to submit directly to our full-scale grading operation in Tokyo via our localized submission experience.
Q: I already shipped my order from Canada to PSA in the U.S. before tariff regulations took effect. Will my submissions be impacted?
A: Orders that entered the U.S. prior to 12:01am on Tuesday, March 4 will not be impacted by the U.S. tariffs. However, orders in transit but not quite in the U.S. prior to that time may be affected. Additionally, card orders may be subject to Canada’s new retaliatory 25% tariff upon return to Canada. PSA is working on solutions to minimize the impact of tariffs on its customers.
Q: I already shipped my order from outside of the U.S. (excluding Canada) to PSA in the U.S. before tariff regulations took effect. Will my submissions be impacted?
A: Orders that entered the U.S. prior to 12:01am on Saturday, April 5 will not be impacted by the U.S. tariffs. Return shipments back to place of submission origin may be impacted by not-yet-announced retaliatory tariffs. However, PSA will leverage available means to limit tariff exposure for customers outside of the U.S.
Q: If my cards are already at PSA in the U.S. for authentication and grading, upon order completion, can I store my cards submitted from outside of the U.S. in the PSA Vault?
A: Yes, customers can leverage this option for storage of completed orders in the U.S. to limit exposure to retaliatory tariffs.