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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 plastics

HS chapter 39, all origins, from official duty receipts. Burden 2.7% in 2017-06 → peak 16.6% in 2025-10 → 10.5% in 2026-06, on $665M of duty in the latest month.

Duty collected as % of all plastics import value, monthly, all origins. Peak 16.6% (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 22.1% paid $276M duty Vietnam 14.4% paid $56M duty Germany 13.0% paid $43M duty Korea, South 9.9% paid $34M duty Taiwan 14.1% paid $31M duty Thailand 14.3% paid $29M duty Japan 12.0% paid $28M duty United Kingdom 12.9% paid $16M duty India 13.3% paid $14M duty Italy 13.4% paid $13M duty

Go deeper

What America imports in plastics · the whole tariff story · any origin: tariff_burden(origin: "Vietnam", commodity: "39") · any code: tariff_lookup(hs, origin) via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

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