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What Canada actually pays on HS 8703.40

Importers of HS 8703.40 (other vehicles, with both spark-ignition internal combustion) from Canada actually paid 14.58% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 14.58% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 2.5%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 2.5% → 14.58%, with the largest single step +22.5pp in 2025-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 2.5% — importers actually paid 14.58%, so the trade-war overlay added 12.1 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8703.40", origin: "Canada") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

Canada paid 14.58% on HS 8703.40 — the schedule says 2.5% Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 14.58% HTS base 2.5% — the rulebook floor2023-072025-022026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 8703.40. The schedule base rate is 2.5%; importers from Canada actually paid 14.58% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 12.1 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 2.5% (2023-07) → 14.58% (2026-06), largest single step +22.5pp in 2025-03.

The trade-war measures that name Canada or this sector

15 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%
9903.40.05
measure 9903.40.05
+25%
9903.40.10
measure 9903.40.10
+25%
Amending the Procedures To Administer Import Adjustment Offset Amounts for Certain Imports of Automobile Parts
measure 9903.74.08 · Federal Register citation
+25%
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal
measure 9903.76.02 · Federal Register citation
+25%
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal
measure 9903.76.03 · Federal Register citation
+25%

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All goods from Canada · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8703.40", origin: "Canada") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What Canada actually pays on HS 8703.40 (HS 8703.40)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/870340/canada