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Capacitors, resistors, and circuit boards: Landed Cost by Source Country

Which country is cheapest to import capacitors, resistors, and circuit boards from? Mexico carries the lowest duty-plus-freight load (2.16% uplift from $0.034/unit landed), China the highest (53.27%). Every named source ranked, from USITC DataWeb. Free.

The short answer

  • The cheapest place to source capacitors, resistors, and circuit boards is Mexico, where duty (1.86%) plus freight (0.29%) add 2.16% to the pre-tariff price ($0.034/unit landed). China is the most expensive named source at a 53.27% uplift, a 51.11-point spread across lanes.

How to read this

  • Each source country's rank comes from its own real effective duty and freight share (USITC DataWeb), combined as (1 + duty) x (1 + freight). Lower is a cheaper lane.
  • The dollar landed cost scales this family's average import unit price ($0.033/unit) by each lane's uplift, so lanes differ by their own duty and freight.
  • The FX tag is a short-window cost direction from the currency's recent drift, not a dollar recompute.

Every source country ranked, cheapest first

  • 1. Mexico: 2.16% loaded (duty 1.86%, freight 0.29%), $0.034/unit landed, MXN trending cheaper
  • 2. Canada: 7.51% loaded (duty 5.52%, freight 1.89%), $0.036/unit landed, CAD trending dearer
  • 3. Israel: 9.69% loaded (duty 8.67%, freight 0.94%), $0.037/unit landed
  • 4. Japan: 10.04% loaded (duty 8.14%, freight 1.76%), $0.037/unit landed, JPY trending flat
  • 5. Taiwan: 10.52% loaded (duty 8.4%, freight 1.96%), $0.037/unit landed
  • 6. South Korea: 10.65% loaded (duty 8.74%, freight 1.76%), $0.037/unit landed
  • 7. Malaysia: 12.49% loaded (duty 9.36%, freight 2.86%), $0.038/unit landed
  • 8. Thailand: 13.76% loaded (duty 9.99%, freight 3.43%), $0.038/unit landed
  • 9. Vietnam: 14.13% loaded (duty 11.52%, freight 2.34%), $0.038/unit landed
  • 10. China: 53.27% loaded (duty 47.32%, freight 4.04%), $0.051/unit landed, CNY trending flat

Sourcing concentration

  • Taiwan is the largest source at 19.3% of named imports; by the Herfindahl index (1150) this family is diversified.

Frequently asked questions

  • What is the cheapest country to import capacitors, resistors, and circuit boards from? Mexico. Its effective duty of 1.86% and freight of 0.29% add 2.16% to the pre-tariff price, the lowest combined load of any named source, for a landed cost of about $0.034/unit.
  • How is the landed cost calculated? Landed cost = the family's average import unit price ($0.033/unit) times each lane's duty-plus-freight uplift. Because the base price is the family average, lanes differ by their own real duty and freight from USITC DataWeb, so the ranking is genuine even though a per-country price is not yet published.
  • How concentrated is sourcing of capacitors, resistors, and circuit boards? Taiwan is the largest source at 19.3% of named imports. By the Herfindahl index (1150), this family is diversified. A concentrated map means fewer places to move volume if one lane's duty jumps.

About this data

  • A sourcing-comparison indicator, not a customs quote. Lane ranking uses each country's real effective duty and freight share from USITC DataWeb; a dollar landed cost, where shown, scales the family's average import unit price and does not price a specific shipment. FX is a short-window cost direction, not a currency recompute. Confirm classification and duty with a licensed broker before you buy.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.