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What Canada actually pays on lithium-ion batteries
Importers of HS 8507.60 (lithium-ion batteries) from Canada actually paid 13.72% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0.2% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 3.4%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 3.4% → 13.72%, with the largest single step +18.2pp in 2025-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 3.4% — importers actually paid 13.72%, so the trade-war overlay added 10.3 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8507.60", origin: "Canada") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8507.60. The schedule base rate is
3.4%; importers from Canada actually paid 13.72% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 10.3 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 3.4% (2023-07) → 13.72% (2026-06), largest single step +18.2pp in 2025-03.
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 lithium-ion batteries (HS 8507.60)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/850760/canada