NextPlat Corp

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Investors should carefully consider the risks in the Risk Factors in Part 1: Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 24, 2025, and our other filings with the SEC. These risks are not the only ones facing the Company. Additional risks not currently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may also impair our business operations. Any of these risks could adversely affect our business, cash flows, financial condition, and results of operations. The trading price of our common stock could fluctuate due to any of these risks, and investors may lose all or part of their investment. In assessing these risks, investors should also refer to the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Other than the following, there have been no material changes in our risk factors from those discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

If the current United States/China tariff environment persists, it will have an immediate adverse impact on the Companys business, financial prospects, results of operations, and financial condition, and will materially and adversely impact the ability of the Company to be profitable.

Retaliatory tariffs imposed by China in response to tariffs recently enacted by the United States expose us to significant and ongoing trade-policy risk that could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and prospects. Although the United States and China have at various points engaged in negotiations aimed at easing bilateral trade tensions, the Chinese government continues to maintain elevated tariff rates and other nontariff barriers on a wide range of U.S.-origin goods, including products in the same categories as our offerings. The retaliatory tariffs create uncertainty that complicates our sales forecasting, inventory management, and production planning for the Chinese market. In addition, Chinese authorities possess broad discretion to increase, decrease, or suspend tariff rates with little advance notice, and they may target specific U.S. companies or industries for additional retaliatory action in response to geopolitical developments wholly unrelated to our performance or conduct.

The Company plans to has paused certain initiatives within its e-Commerce development program which was launched in April 2023 to help U.S.-based businesses reach the vast Chinese consumer market through major online platforms like Alibabas Tmall. This includes the introduction of a new line of vitamins and supplements under the Florida Sunshine brand name, since these offerings would be subject to the increased tariffs and would face significant import costs which Management believes will reduce its ability to compete with locally produced products. The Company is still reviewing opportunities to sell its Florida Sunshine products in other markets.

The Company intends to continue selling products manufactured by OPKO Health Europe, a subsidiary of OPKO Health, Inc., in China including an array of nutraceuticals and supplements as well as adding products for pet care, all of which are not produced in the United States and as such, are not subject to additional tariffs.

We cannot predict whether the current trade environment will persist or if new quotas, duties, taxes, tariffs, exchange controls, current or future trade wars, or other restrictions will be imposed by the U.S. and China upon the import or export of our products and the commodities and components used to manufacture our products, or what effect any of these actions would have on our business, financial condition, or results of operations.