Sourcing Signal

Springs, chain, and wire mesh: Landed Cost by Source Country

Which country is cheapest to import springs, chain, and wire mesh from? Mexico carries the lowest duty-plus-freight load (20.03% uplift), China the highest (82.61%). Every named source ranked, from USITC DataWeb. Free.

The short answer

  • The cheapest place to source springs, chain, and wire mesh is Mexico, where duty (18.79%) plus freight (1.04%) add 20.03% to the pre-tariff price. China is the most expensive named source at a 82.61% uplift, a 62.58-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.
  • This family reports mixed units, so there is no single dollar unit price; lanes are ranked by the duty-plus-freight uplift only.
  • 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: 20.03% loaded (duty 18.79%, freight 1.04%), MXN trending cheaper
  • 2. Canada: 23.3% loaded (duty 21.16%, freight 1.77%), CAD trending dearer
  • 3. Italy: 30.95% loaded (duty 26.66%, freight 3.39%), EUR trending flat
  • 4. Japan: 32.53% loaded (duty 28.3%, freight 3.3%), JPY trending flat
  • 5. Germany: 35.6% loaded (duty 30.84%, freight 3.64%), EUR trending flat
  • 6. Vietnam: 36.88% loaded (duty 23.12%, freight 11.18%)
  • 7. Taiwan: 39.02% loaded (duty 31.85%, freight 5.44%)
  • 8. Poland: 39.32% loaded (duty 35.43%, freight 2.87%)
  • 9. India: 39.44% loaded (duty 30.28%, freight 7.03%)
  • 10. China: 82.61% loaded (duty 63.82%, freight 11.47%), CNY trending flat

Sourcing concentration

  • Mexico is the largest source at 35.3% of named imports; by the Herfindahl index (1770) this family is moderately concentrated.

Frequently asked questions

  • What is the cheapest country to import springs, chain, and wire mesh from? Mexico. Its effective duty of 18.79% and freight of 1.04% add 20.03% to the pre-tariff price, the lowest combined load of any named source.
  • Why is there no dollar landed cost for springs, chain, and wire mesh? This family's lines report mixed units of quantity, so DataWeb cannot publish one implied unit price for it. We rank lanes by the real duty-plus-freight uplift instead, which is the honest comparison until a per-family unit price lands.
  • How concentrated is sourcing of springs, chain, and wire mesh? Mexico is the largest source at 35.3% of named imports. By the Herfindahl index (1770), this family is moderately concentrated. 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.