Aurora Heat Inc.

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Fort Smith, Northwest Territories · Shopify shop · auroraheat.com

Company size not established Main products hit

Brenda Dragon's company makes reusable hand, foot, wrist and ankle warmers out of sheared wild beaver fur, sewn in Fort Smith.

HTS 4303.10.00Fur clothing and accessories50% since Aug 22, 2026

Aurora Heat™ is pleased to meet your National and International Shipping needs via Canada Post.Source: auroraheat.com, Sep 9, 2026

Aurora Heat's fur wrist and ankle warmers are clothing accessories of furskin under HTS 4303.10, which the United States has charged an extra 50% on since August 22, 2026. Aurora Heat ships internationally through Canada Post, so every US order now carries that duty.

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In their own words

Particularly this year. This is a cold year across Canada and the US. We sell a lot into the US. They are looking for warmth and they're not disappointed when they turn to fur.
Brenda Dragon (Aurora Heat founder), quoted by Cabin Radio · cabinradio.ca, Jan 8, 2026
Aurora Heat founder Brenda Dragon describes how much of the company's beaver-fur warmer business depends on American buyers, showing how exposed the company is now that the same products carry a 50% US duty.

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Made in Canada

The warmers are handcrafted in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories by Indigenous women, from wild beaver fur taken in northern Canada.

On the tariff list

HTS 4303.10.00 · Articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other articles of furskin, Articles of apparel and clothing accessories · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
Wrist Warmers and Ankle Warmers are worn fur accessories. The Wrist Warmers listing reads "Dënesųłiné traditional warmth wrapped around your wrists feels supremely comfortable and helps keep heat circulating to your hands while you enjoy the silky-softness of premium sheared beaver fur."

Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs

Sources

auroraheat.com · accessed 2026-09-09
25 Portage Avenue, P.O. Box 831, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada X0E 0P0
auroraheat.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Aurora Heat warmers are reusable natural fur warmers made from wild beaver fur and handcrafted by Indigenous women in northern Canada.
auroraheat.com · accessed 2026-09-09
you enjoy the silky-softness of premium sheared beaver fur
content.govdelivery.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other articles of furskin, Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
windspeaker.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Aurora Heat is based in a community of about 2,500 people

At a glance

Where: Fort Smith, NT
Shop: auroraheat.com
Size: Company size not established Aurora Heat is a single-location Fort Smith, NT operation (population about 2,500 per the Windspeaker profile) founded and led by Brenda Dragon, whose products are handcrafted by named local artisans and family members rather than an outside factory; there is no evidence it is a subsidiary of a larger company.
Tariff hits: Main products hit Aurora Heat's entire catalogue is reusable warmers made of sheared beaver fur — wrist, ankle, hand, foot and body warmers — and the worn wrist and ankle styles fall directly under the furskin clothing-accessory tariff line (HTS 4303.10), so the duty reaches the core of what the company sells.
Tags: indigenous owned women owned
Listed: By us, from public sources
Checked: 2026-09-09

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