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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 machinery & mechanical appliances

HS chapter 84, all origins, from official duty receipts. Burden 0.5% in 2017-06 → peak 8.5% in 2025-09 → 4.1% in 2026-06, on $3.1B of duty in the latest month.

Duty collected as % of all machinery & mechanical appliances import value, monthly, all origins. Peak 8.5% (2025-09).

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

Who pays it — top origins, 2026-06

China 24.0% paid $881M duty Mexico 1.8% paid $369M duty Germany 9.6% paid $268M duty Japan 9.5% paid $250M duty Italy 10.0% paid $149M duty Korea, South 3.2% paid $148M duty Thailand 3.1% paid $134M duty Vietnam 1.1% paid $103M duty India 13.3% paid $92M duty Taiwan 0.7% paid $87M duty

Go deeper

What America imports in machinery & mechanical appliances · the whole tariff story · any origin: tariff_burden(origin: "Vietnam", commodity: "84") · any code: tariff_lookup(hs, origin) via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

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