Hemlock & Oak

In their own words

• We've tried to prepare as much as possible over the last month, ever since we found out about this, but it's basically buckle up. It's going to get a little rocky.

  Tia Masic (quoted by Global News) · globalnews.ca, Aug 24, 2026

  After Canada-U.S. trade talks collapsed, founder Tia Masic told Global News her stationery company was bracing for more disruption on top of the $100,000 in U.S. pre-order tariff costs it had already promised to absorb.

• On Monday, August 10, U.S. prices increased by approximately 20% across most of our collection.

  Tia Masic, Founder & CEO, Hemlock & Oak · hemlockandoak.com, Aug 19, 2026

  Hemlock & Oak's own blog explains it raised U.S. prices about 20% rather than adding a tariff surcharge at checkout, so American shoppers wouldn't see a surprise fee.

• Your support has helped make local Canadian manufacturing possible for our little company.

  Tia Masic, Founder & CEO, Hemlock & Oak · hemlockandoak.com, Aug 19, 2026

  In the same post explaining the U.S. price increase, founder Tia Masic describes Hemlock & Oak as "our little company," underscoring how small the operation is.

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Made in Canada

The books are designed at the Coquitlam, British Columbia head office and printed and bound in Toronto: "Made in Toronto, Headquartered in Coquitlam."

On the tariff list

• HTS 4820.10.20 · Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, blotting pads, binders (looseleaf or other), folders, file covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbon sets and other articles of stationery, of paper or paperboard; albums for samples or for collections and book covers (including cover boards and book jackets) of paper or paperboard, Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, Diaries, notebooks and address books, bound; memorandum pads, letter pads and similar articles · 50% since Aug 22, 2026

  Hemlock & Oak names the line for its own goods: "HS code 4820.10.20 in Annex I-3", and says the duty "affects our notebooks and planners."

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

Sources

• hemlockandoak.com · accessed 2026-09-09

  Beginning August 19, the United States is placing a 50% tariff on Canadian-made goods, and this affects our notebooks and planners.

• hemlockandoak.com · accessed 2026-09-09

  HS code 4820.10.20 in Annex I-3

• hemlockandoak.com · accessed 2026-09-09

  A $60 planner would carry roughly $30 in tariffs before it ever reached an American doorstep.

• hemlockandoak.com · accessed 2026-09-09

  Made in Toronto, Headquartered in Coquitlam

• hemlockandoak.com · accessed 2026-09-09

  All of our planners are designed and manufactured in Canada with love.

• hemlockandoak.com · accessed 2026-09-09

  Tia Masic launched Hemlock & Oak with the goal of distrupting the plastic-laden, environmentally-overlooked stationery industry

• hemlockandoak.com · accessed 2026-09-09

  At the moment, orders under $800 USD remain exempt from tariffs and duties. We are closely monitoring the situation and will update this page should the exemption no longer be available.

• globalnews.ca · accessed 2026-09-09

  Hemlock & Oak had already promised to absorb the costs on all U.S. pre-orders of 2027 planners, which already adds up to $100,000.

• cbc.ca · accessed 2026-09-09

  Tia Masic, founder of Canadian notebook company Hemlock & Oak, says U.S. President Donald Trump's new 50 per cent tariff threat could be the hardest challenge her business has faced, leaving Canadian small businesses caught 'in the crossfire.'