Sourcing Signal
Turbines and fluid-power drives: Landed Cost by Source Country
Which country is cheapest to import turbines and fluid-power drives from? Canada carries the lowest duty-plus-freight load (2.31% uplift), China the highest (51.62%). Every named source ranked, from USITC DataWeb. Free.
The short answer
- The cheapest place to source turbines and fluid-power drives is Canada, where duty (1.66%) plus freight (0.64%) add 2.31% to the pre-tariff price. China is the most expensive named source at a 51.62% uplift, a 49.31-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. Canada: 2.31% loaded (duty 1.66%, freight 0.64%), CAD trending dearer
- 2. United Kingdom: 2.44% loaded (duty 1.67%, freight 0.76%)
- 3. France: 3.32% loaded (duty 2.65%, freight 0.65%), EUR trending flat
- 4. Mexico: 3.98% loaded (duty 2.82%, freight 1.13%), MXN trending cheaper
- 5. Poland: 4.04% loaded (duty 3.48%, freight 0.54%)
- 6. Japan: 5.06% loaded (duty 4.02%, freight 1%), JPY trending flat
- 7. Germany: 5.66% loaded (duty 4.45%, freight 1.16%), EUR trending flat
- 8. Italy: 7.88% loaded (duty 6.45%, freight 1.34%), EUR trending flat
- 9. India: 21.22% loaded (duty 18.26%, freight 2.5%)
- 10. China: 51.62% loaded (duty 46.54%, freight 3.47%), CNY trending flat
Sourcing concentration
- Canada is the largest source at 18.4% of named imports; by the Herfindahl index (940) this family is diversified.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the cheapest country to import turbines and fluid-power drives from? Canada. Its effective duty of 1.66% and freight of 0.64% add 2.31% to the pre-tariff price, the lowest combined load of any named source.
- Why is there no dollar landed cost for turbines and fluid-power drives? 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 turbines and fluid-power drives? Canada is the largest source at 18.4% of named imports. By the Herfindahl index (940), 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.