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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 organic chemicals

HS chapter 29, all origins, from official duty receipts. Burden 1.5% in 2017-06 → peak 11.7% in 2025-10 → 6.7% in 2026-06, on $211M of duty in the latest month.

Duty collected as % of all organic chemicals import value, monthly, all origins. Peak 11.7% (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 12.3% paid $83M duty India 6.2% paid $24M duty Germany 8.2% paid $18M duty

Switzerland 4.3% paid $8M duty

Japan 7.4% paid $8M duty Korea, South 5.5% paid $7M duty

Spain 8.4% paid $6M duty

France 5.2% paid $5M duty United Kingdom 5.7% paid $5M duty Taiwan 10.4% paid $4M duty

Go deeper

What America imports in organic chemicals · the whole tariff story · any origin: tariff_burden(origin: "Vietnam", commodity: "29") · any code: tariff_lookup(hs, origin) via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

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