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The US Trade Ledger — every US container gateway, every partner country, every month — and what each one actually paid at the border.

The tariff on miscellaneous metal articles

HS chapter 83, all origins, from official duty receipts. Burden 1.9% in 2017-06 → peak 26.8% in 2025-10 → 16.5% in 2026-06, on $207M of duty in the latest month.

Duty collected as % of all miscellaneous metal articles import value, monthly, all origins. Peak 26.8% (2025-10).

Duty dollars collected on the chapter, monthly. Excludes AD/CVD and fees; assessed at entry.

Who pays it — top origins, 2026-06

China 29.2% paid $104M duty Taiwan 16.5% paid $17M duty Mexico 6.1% paid $15M duty Vietnam 17.8% paid $13M duty Canada 5.3% paid $7M duty India 16.6% paid $7M duty Germany 15.3% paid $6M duty Thailand 15.0% paid $5M duty

Austria 26.0% paid $4M duty

Korea, South 7.8% paid $3M duty

Go deeper

What America imports in miscellaneous metal articles · the whole tariff story · any origin: tariff_burden(origin: "Vietnam", commodity: "83") · any code: tariff_lookup(hs, origin) via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “The tariff on miscellaneous metal articles” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff-on-base-metal-articles