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What Canada actually pays on of brass

Importers of HS 9405.11 (of brass) from Canada actually paid 14.77% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0.14% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 3.9%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 6.49% → 14.77%, with the largest single step +19.9pp in 2025-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 3.9% — importers actually paid 14.77%, so the trade-war overlay added 10.9 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "9405.11", origin: "Canada") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

Canada paid 14.77% on HS 9405.11 — the schedule says 3.9% Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 14.77% HTS base 3.9% — the rulebook floor2023-072024-122026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 9405.11. The schedule base rate is 3.9%; importers from Canada actually paid 14.77% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 10.9 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 6.49% (2023-07) → 14.77% (2026-06), largest single step +19.9pp in 2025-03.

Landed cost vs the benchmark

Canada's lower duty (0.14% vs 40.57%) lets it price up to 40.4% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $10.15/kg vs $188.81/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: "9405.11", origin: "Canada") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What Canada actually pays on of brass (HS 9405.11)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/940511/canada