Why is there no dollar landed cost for insulated wire and cable?

No complete country-specific customs unit value is available for this family in the committed snapshot. The page compares observed duty-and-freight burdens but does not rank lanes until at least two have reported quantity, duty, and freight data.

How concentrated is sourcing of insulated wire and cable?

Mexico is the largest retained source at 49.7% of total family import customs value. Retained sources cover 84.2% of family import customs value, so the named-source Herfindahl index of 2670 is a lower bound; its floor falls in the highly concentrated band but does not classify the omitted-source tail. A concentrated map means fewer places to move volume if one lane's duty jumps.

Sourcing Signal

Insulated wire and cable: Import Burden by Source Country

Compare observed duty-and-freight burdens for source countries supplying insulated wire and cable, from USITC DataWeb. Dollar landed-cost rankings appear only when at least two lanes have complete country-specific customs unit values.

How to read this

Duty and international freight are additive shares of customs value: uplift = 1 + duty + freight. Missing components stay unknown; duty is not compounded onto freight.
No comparative dollar ranking is shown unless at least two lanes have their own customs unit value, duty, and freight inputs. Complete burdens may still be compared without calling the lowest one a cheapest supplier.
The FX tag is a short-window cost direction from the currency's recent drift, not a dollar recompute.

Source-country duty-and-freight burdens (unranked)

null. Mexico: 3.33% loaded (duty 2.6%, freight 0.73%), MXN trending flat
null. Canada: 3.83% loaded (duty 3.05%, freight 0.78%), CAD trending flat
null. South Korea: 14.58% loaded (duty 10.79%, freight 3.79%)
null. Japan: 15.5% loaded (duty 12.84%, freight 2.66%), JPY trending cheaper
null. Vietnam: 20.43% loaded (duty 17.08%, freight 3.35%)
null. Honduras: 20.8% loaded (duty 16.17%, freight 4.63%)
null. Nicaragua: 22.05% loaded (duty 16.93%, freight 5.12%)
null. Philippines: 22.32% loaded (duty 18.81%, freight 3.51%)
null. India: 23.07% loaded (duty 17.71%, freight 5.36%)
null. China: 57.51% loaded (duty 53.21%, freight 4.3%), CNY trending flat

Sourcing concentration

Mexico is the largest retained source at 49.7% of total family import customs value. Retained sources cover 84.2%; their named-source HHI floor is 2670, which falls in the highly concentrated range without classifying the omitted-source tail.

Frequently asked questions

Why is there no dollar landed cost for insulated wire and cable? No complete country-specific customs unit value is available for this family in the committed snapshot. The page compares observed duty-and-freight burdens but does not rank lanes until at least two have reported quantity, duty, and freight data.
How concentrated is sourcing of insulated wire and cable? Mexico is the largest retained source at 49.7% of total family import customs value. Retained sources cover 84.2% of family import customs value, so the named-source Herfindahl index of 2670 is a lower bound; its floor falls in the highly concentrated band but does not classify the omitted-source tail. 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. Duty and international freight are added over customs value; duty is not compounded onto freight. Lanes are ranked by modeled landed customs unit value only when at least two have their own reported customs unit value, duty, and freight. Missing or suppressed quantity data remains unknown. FX is a direction, not a recompute. Confirm classification and entry costs with a licensed broker.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05.