Tariff monitor · Metals & Mill Products
Aluminum articles: statutory & effective tariff rates
Statutory HTS duty rates for 8 aluminum articles tariff lines (MFN Free–6%), from USITC. Effective rate May 2026: 44.39%; monthly history since 2020.
Statutory rates from the schedule
- Other articles of aluminum, including fabricated and cast parts not covered by the mill-product headings. This family covers HTS heading 7616: 8 eight-digit rate lines with MFN (column 1, general) rates of Free–6% in the 2026 schedule.
- Chapter 99 flags on individual lines mark Section 301/232 overlay provisions (e.g. 9903.88.03) that apply on top of the MFN column.
What importers actually paid
- Latest month on record (2026-05): 44.39% effective on $164.8M of imports, versus 32.71% in the same month a year earlier. The monthly archive holds 77 observations from 2020-01 through 2026-05.
- In 2025, U.S. imports for consumption in this family totaled $1.9B in customs value and paid $598.4M in calculated duties: an effective tariff rate of 31.11%. The effective rate captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and special-program use that the statutory column cannot.
- A year earlier the effective rate was 7.93%, so the duty burden rose 23.2 points.
- Top source countries in 2025: China ($437.5M at 60.89%), Mexico ($413.2M at 17.21%), Canada ($174.5M at 18.14%), Vietnam ($116.0M at 27.4%), Germany ($107.8M at 22.91%).
Representative rate lines
- 7616.10.10.00: Nails, tacks and staples — MFN 5.7%
- 7616.10.30.00: Rivets — MFN 4.7%
- 7616.10.50.00: Cotters and cotter pins — MFN 5.7%
- 7616.10.70: Having shanks, threads or holes over 6 mm in diameter — MFN 5.5%
- 7616.10.90: Other — MFN 6%
- 7616.91.00.00: Cloth, grill, netting and fencing, of aluminum wire — MFN 2.5%
- 7616.99.10.00: Luggage frames — MFN Free
- 7616.99.51: Other — MFN 2.5%
About this data
- Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling; verify rates with a licensed customs broker before relying on them.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.