BlackMagic Design has already been feeling the negative effects from the United States’ recently-imposed tariffs, with price increases hitting the company’s products in the U.S. The new BlackMagic Pyxis 12K camera was marketed at a price of $5,000, but is currently going for $5,500, a figure that was only attainable after the company’s relocated the camera’s production lines.
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It isn’t just pricing that the tariffs have affected, however, with BlackMagic Design stating that they were considering opening up production lines in the U.S., a plan that is now in hazy territory.
“We were planning to build a new factory in Dallas, Texas, to streamline our supply chain and allow us to work more directly with U.S. semiconductor companies,” Blackmagic Design spokesperson Patrick Hussey told The Verge. “If we proceed with the US factory, we’d incur tariffs on those parts, increasing costs and negating the savings we anticipated.”
Hussey further explained to The Verge that Blackmagic is going to “wait a few months” to feel out the economic climate and see if component resources will relocate to the United States. If they do, a U.S.-based production line could still be in the cards. “If it does, we could still achieve the supply chain benefits we were aiming for,” said Hussey.
