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What Canada actually pays on motor fuel
Importers of HS 2710.12 (motor fuel) from Canada actually paid 6.49% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 52.5¢/bbl. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 0.56% → 6.49%, with the largest single step +17.1pp in 2025-04. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. Collected 6.49% against an HTS base of 52.5¢/bbl. Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "2710.12", origin: "Canada") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 2710.12. The schedule base rate is
52.5¢/bbl; importers from Canada actually paid 6.49% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 0.56% (2023-07) → 6.49% (2026-06), largest single step +17.1pp in 2025-04.
The trade-war measures that name Canada or this sector
7 Chapter-99 measures name Canada; scope mapping is partial (several annexes are PDFs) — absence never means exemption. They do not sum, and some are product-specific — the collected rate above is the composed truth.
9903.01.16 measure 9903.01.16+40%
Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Canada Pursuant to the President's Executive Orde measure 9903.01.10 · Federal Register citation+35%
9903.05.30 measure 9903.05.30+12.5%
Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Canada Pursuant to the President's Executive Orde measure 9903.01.13 · Federal Register citation+10%
Amendment to Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Canada Pursuant to the President's… measure 9903.01.15 · Federal Register citation+10%
Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of the People's Republic of China Pursuant to the President's… measure 9903.01.20 · Federal Register citation+10%
In print: “What Canada actually pays on motor fuel (HS 2710.12)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/271012/canada