Importers of HS 8537.10 (other) from Canada actually paid 13.24% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0.75% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 2.7%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 2.7% → 13.24%, with the largest single step +18.6pp in 2025-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 2.7% — importers actually paid 13.24%, so the trade-war overlay added 10.5 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8537.10", origin: "Canada") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8537.10. The schedule base rate is 2.7%; importers from Canada actually paid 13.24% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 10.5 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 2.7% (2023-07) → 13.24% (2026-06), largest single step +18.6pp in 2025-03.
Canada's lower duty (0.75% vs 34.16%) lets it price up to 33.2% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $26.26/kg vs $40.01/kg (duty in, freight out).
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.
All goods from Canada · the whole tariff ledger · 116 CBP rulings cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8537.10", origin: "Canada") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.