While the cost of your next 3D printer may be going up in the U.S., the cost of your filament doesn’t have to increase. Or that is, it won’t if you buy American. Many customers in the U.S. are bemoaning the impact of President Trump’s tariff war on their favorite hobby, with new 3D printers possibly going up hundreds of dollars or remaining mysteriously out of stock.
Polymaker, a global supplier of affordable filament, recently announced that it will be forced to increase prices by 10% on May 1st. In a statement issued on its website, Polymaker said it reviewed the amount of stock sitting in U.S. warehouses before making the difficult decision to hike prices to compensate for tariffs.
