Tariff Monitor
Tariffs on Imports From Canada
In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $48.3B of goods from Canada across the 52 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, paying an effective tariff rate of 5.2%, up from 0.19% the year before. Canada's largest tracked categories: turbines and fluid-power drives, plastics in primary forms, internal combustion engines. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.
The current reading
- Tracked imports from Canada: $48.3B in 2025 across 52 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
- Effective tariff rate paid: 5.2% (0.19% the year before), calculated duties ÷ customs value.
- History depth: 12 years of annual named-source boards.
Largest tracked families from Canada
- Turbines and fluid-power drives
- Plastics in primary forms
- Internal combustion engines
- Plastic semi-finished products
- Switchgear, connectors, and controls
Frequently asked questions
- How much does the U.S. import from Canada? Across the 52 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Canada totaled $48.3B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where Canada ranks among the largest named sources.
- What tariff rate do imports from Canada actually pay? In 2025, imports from Canada paid an effective rate of 5.2% across tracked families. The rate is calculated duties divided by customs value, which captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and trade-program use that statutory rates cannot. A year earlier the rate was 0.19%.
- What does the U.S. import most from Canada? Among tracked manufacturing families, Canada's largest recent categories are turbines and fluid-power drives, plastics in primary forms, internal combustion engines, plastic semi-finished products. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
- Is the tariff burden on Canada rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Canada moved +5 points year over year to 5.2% in 2025. Monthly family-level detail is on each linked family page.
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.