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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 fats & oils

HS chapter 15, all origins, from official duty receipts. Burden 0.5% in 2017-06 → peak 9.7% in 2025-11 → 6.7% in 2026-06, on $106M of duty in the latest month.

Duty collected as % of all fats & oils import value, monthly, all origins. Peak 9.7% (2025-11).

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

Who pays it — top origins, 2026-06

Indonesia 7.9% paid $21M duty China 19.9% paid $18M duty

Spain 11.9% paid $14M duty

Tunisia 10.9% paid $8M duty

Malaysia 10.6% paid $7M duty

Italy 10.8% paid $6M duty Vietnam 15.6% paid $5M duty France 14.7% paid $3M duty Germany 14.4% paid $2M duty United Kingdom 17.3% paid $2M duty

Go deeper

the whole tariff story · any origin: tariff_burden(origin: "Vietnam", commodity: "15") · any code: tariff_lookup(hs, origin) via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

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