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What Canada actually pays on generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion pist
Importers of HS 8502.20 (generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion pist) from Canada actually paid 25% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 4.05% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 2%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 2% → 25%, with the largest single step +194.1pp in 2025-08. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 2% — importers actually paid 25%, so the trade-war overlay added 23 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8502.20", origin: "Canada") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8502.20. The schedule base rate is
2%; importers from Canada actually paid 25% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 23 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 2% (2023-07) → 25% (2026-06), largest single step +194.1pp in 2025-08.
The trade-war measures that name Canada or this sector
9 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%
Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of India Pursuant to the President's Executive Order measure 9903.01.84 · Federal Register citation+25%
9903.79.01 measure 9903.79.01+25%
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 generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion pist (HS 8502.20)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/850220/canada