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What Canada actually pays on radial

Importers of HS 4011.10 (radial) from Canada actually paid 7.5% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0.04% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 4%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 4% → 7.5%, with the largest single step +20.8pp in 2025-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 4% — importers actually paid 7.5%, so the trade-war overlay added 3.5 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "4011.10", origin: "Canada") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

Canada paid 7.5% on HS 4011.10 — the schedule says 4% Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 7.5% HTS base 4% — the rulebook floor2023-072024-122026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 4011.10. The schedule base rate is 4%; importers from Canada actually paid 7.5% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 3.5 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 4% (2023-07) → 7.5% (2026-06), largest single step +20.8pp in 2025-03.

Landed cost vs the benchmark

Canada's lower duty (0.04% vs 50.64%) lets it price up to 50.6% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $4.65/kg vs $6.63/kg (duty in, freight out).

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%
9903.05.29
measure 9903.05.29
+10%

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All goods from Canada · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "4011.10", origin: "Canada") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What Canada actually pays on radial (HS 4011.10)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/401110/canada