Tech Companies Hurry Shipments to US Ahead of Tariff Imposition

In early 2025, leading PC makers such as Lenovo and HP significantly increased shipments to the United States ahead of anticipated tariffs.

In this file photo, he logo of Lenovo is displayed at a computer center in Shanghai on August 19, 2010. Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images

Technology vendors rushed to ship products to the United States in the first quarter of 2025 in a bid to beat out anticipated tariffs.

In the first three months of 2025, 62.7 million desktop and laptop computers were shipped to the U.S. global technology market, analyst firm Canalys said in an April 9 report. That is an increase of 9.4 percent from the same period in 2024.