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What Canada actually pays on catalytic converters or particulate filters, whether or not

Importers of HS 8421.32 (catalytic converters or particulate filters, whether or not ) from Canada actually paid 23.97% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0.17% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is Free. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved null% → 23.97%, with the largest single step +13.6pp in 2025-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is Free — importers actually paid 23.97%, so the trade-war overlay added 24 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8421.32", origin: "Canada") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

Canada paid 23.97% on HS 8421.32 — the schedule says Free Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 23.97% HTS base Free — the rulebook floor2025-032025-102026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 8421.32. The schedule base rate is Free; importers from Canada actually paid 23.97% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 24 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved % (2023-07) → 23.97% (2026-06), largest single step +13.6pp in 2025-03.

Landed cost vs the benchmark

Canada's lower duty (0.17% vs 40.54%) lets it price up to 40.3% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $8.18/kg vs $32.34/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: "8421.32", origin: "Canada") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What Canada actually pays on catalytic converters or particulate filters, whether or not (HS 8421.32)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/842132/canada