Tariff Monitor

Tariffs on Imports From Philippines

In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $1.2B of goods from Philippines across the 3 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, paying an effective tariff rate of 18.81%, up from 4.16% the year before. Philippines's largest tracked categories: insulated wire and cable, transformers and power supplies, capacitors, resistors, and circuit boards. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.

The current reading

  • Tracked imports from Philippines: $1.2B in 2025 across 3 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
  • Effective tariff rate paid: 18.81% (4.16% the year before), calculated duties ÷ customs value.
  • History depth: 12 years of annual named-source boards.

Largest tracked families from Philippines

  • Insulated wire and cable
  • Transformers and power supplies
  • Capacitors, resistors, and circuit boards

Frequently asked questions

  • How much does the U.S. import from Philippines? Across the 3 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Philippines totaled $1.2B in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It counts only the tracked families where Philippines ranks among the largest named sources.
  • What tariff rate do imports from Philippines actually pay? In 2025, imports from Philippines paid an effective rate of 18.81% 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 4.16%.
  • What does the U.S. import most from Philippines? Among tracked manufacturing families, Philippines's largest recent categories are insulated wire and cable, transformers and power supplies, capacitors, resistors, and circuit boards. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
  • Is the tariff burden on Philippines rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Philippines moved +14.6 points year over year to 18.81% 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.