Shoppers may need to buy these items quickly before Trumps tariffs kick in

Americans will likely have to pay more at the supermarket counter within the coming days while higher prices on everything from sneakers to furniture to cars could be felt in a matter of weeks following President Trump’s tariffs rollout, economists and industry experts told The Post.Trump’s announcement on Wednesday triggered fears of a global trade war and sent stocks on Wall Street cratering – stoking economic uncertainty and leaving consumers with questions about which products to buy before they get sticker shock.The 10% across-the-board tariffs begin Saturday, while the higher reciprocal tariffs against the nation’s largest trading partners go into effect Wednesday.Dr.Sung Won Sohn, a distinguished economist and academic at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, told The Post that grocery items that are imported will be more expensive in the short term.“We import 80% of avocados that we consume in America and those are perishable items, so they will be more expensive immediately,” Sohn told The Post.Sohn said that other staple items that the US doesn’t produce domestically such as coffee, tea and bananas will also become more expensive rather quickly.Trump also slapped a 25% tariff on all imported vehicles that began Thursday.

A 25% levy on auto parts begins May 3.It could take weeks or months for the tariffs on foreign-made cars to be passed along since there is already an existing inventory that has yet to be emptied out, Sohn said.Washers and dryers like those made by Korean conglomerates Samsung and LG fall into the same “intermediate” bucket as cars, he added.“They have inventory so as a result prices don’t have to go up right away,” he Sohn, though he added that car dealerships “may not give you discounts that they normally would” as a result of tariffs.But David Warrick, executive vice president of the enterprise division at Overhaul, a company specializing in supply chain visibility and risk management solutions, told T...