Jillian Ross Print
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Jillian Ross and Brendan Copestake publish hand-pulled print editions with Canadian and South African artists, working in intaglio, relief, monotype and direct-to-plate photopolymer.
a recent Government Whitehouse Gazzete has applied 50% tariffs to Canadian made artworks which was applied from the 22nd of AugustSource: jillianrossprint.com, Sep 9, 2026
Their fine art prints cross into the United States under HTS 9702.90.00, original engravings, prints and lithographs, at 50% since August 22, 2026, and the studio now publishes that duty rate on its own shipping page.
In their own words
We've got multiple artworks in customs at the moment that are stuck in customs and are now being returned because our American clients are refusing to pay the 50 per cent tariffs, which is completely understandable.
Brendan Copestake (quoted by CBC News) · cbc.ca, Sep 7, 2026
Co-owner Brendan Copestake told CBC News his studio has $75,000 worth of art stuck at a customs warehouse after an American buyer refused to pay the new 50% tariff.
Most of the Canadian artists, and there's thousands of them, are in a similar situation — printmakers, painters, drawers, sculptors, most of their market is U.S.-based. And if they're having a 50 per cent tariff slapped on their artworks, they're going to lose their customer base.
Brendan Copestake (quoted by CBC News) · cbc.ca, Sep 7, 2026
Copestake says the loss of U.S. buyers isn't unique to his studio but threatens most Canadian printmakers and artists, whose market is largely American.
Most businesses that are eligible need to have $1,000,000 revenue or more and be incorporated. And artists and studios like ourselves just don't fall into that category. I've yet to find any federal support for micro businesses like ourselves.
Brendan Copestake (quoted by CBC News) · cbc.ca, Sep 7, 2026
Copestake says his studio doesn't qualify for the federal tariff-relief programs Ottawa has rolled out, because those target larger incorporated businesses.
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Made in Canada
Every edition is printed by hand in their own studio at Unit 9 Caswell Bus Barns, 324 24th West, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
On the tariff list
- HTS 9702.90.00 · Original engravings, prints and lithographs, Other · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
The studio classifies its own output on this line: "HTS code 9702-00-004 for the export of fine art prints, original engravings and lithographs." Its about page describes the work as "intaglio, relief, monotype and direct-to-plate photopolymer" hand-pulled print editions.
Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs
Sources
- jillianrossprint.com · accessed 2026-09-09
United States of America Import Duty 50% Tax 0%
- jillianrossprint.com · accessed 2026-09-09
HTS code 9702-00-004 for the export of fine art prints, original engravings and lithographs.
- jillianrossprint.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Jillian Ross Print is a collaborative print studio working primarily with South African and Canadian artists, studios, institutions and galleries to develop print projects, exhibitions, art workshops, talks and print publishing.
- jillianrossprint.com · accessed 2026-09-09
owned and managed by Jillian Ross and Brendan Copestake
- jillianrossprint.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Unit 9 Caswell Bus Barns, 324 24th West, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- content.govdelivery.com · accessed 2026-09-09
Original engravings, prints and lithographs, Other
- cbc.ca · accessed 2026-09-09
Brendan Copestake has artwork worth $75,000 stuck at a customs warehouse. The buyer refused the sale after a 50 per cent U.S. tariff was applied.
- cbc.ca · accessed 2026-09-09
The impact of the Canadian-American trade war is "a disaster," says Brendan Copestake, who runs Jillian Ross Print, a collaborative print/art studio in Saskatoon.
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