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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 salt, sulphur, earths & stone

HS chapter 25, all origins, from official duty receipts. Burden 0% in 2017-06 → peak 5.8% in 2025-11 → 3.3% in 2026-06, on $17M of duty in the latest month.

Duty collected as % of all salt, sulphur, earths & stone import value, monthly, all origins. Peak 5.8% (2025-11).

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

Who pays it — top origins, 2026-06

Turkey 8.5% paid $4M duty

Vietnam 8.5% paid $3M duty China 8.8% paid $2M duty

Egypt 9.6% paid $1M duty

Spain 9.7% paid $1M duty

France 9.9% paid $1M duty

Chile 10.0% paid $1M duty

Algeria 6.5% paid $0M duty

Greece 8.5% paid $0M duty

Netherlands 6.3% paid $0M duty

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What America imports in salt, sulphur, earths & stone · the whole tariff story · any origin: tariff_burden(origin: "Vietnam", commodity: "25") · any code: tariff_lookup(hs, origin) via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

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