Tariff Monitor
Tariffs on Imports From Sierra Leone
In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $2.7M of goods from Sierra Leone across 34 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, carrying an effective calculated-duty rate of 8.92%, up from 1.35% the year before. Sierra Leone's largest tracked categories: filtering and separation equipment, compressors and fans, electric motors and generators. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.
The current reading
- Tracked imports from Sierra Leone: $2.7M in 2025 across 34 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
- Observed effective calculated-duty rate: 8.92% (1.35% the year before), reported Calculated Duties ÷ covered customs value.
- History depth: 2 years of annual named-source boards.
Largest tracked families from Sierra Leone
- Filtering and separation equipment
- Compressors and fans
- Electric motors and generators
- Valves and fluid controls
- Rubber materials and products
Frequently asked questions
- How much does the U.S. import from Sierra Leone? across the 34 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Sierra Leone totaled $2.7M in customs value in 2025. That is a floor on total bilateral trade. It excludes manufacturing products outside the tracked family universe.
- What effective calculated-duty rate is observed for imports from Sierra Leone? In 2025, imports from Sierra Leone had an effective calculated-duty rate of 8.92% across tracked families. The rate is reported Calculated Duties divided by the customs value covered by those duty observations, which reflects the combined product, origin, preference and tariff mix in USITC's statistics. A year earlier the rate was 1.35%.
- What does the U.S. import most from Sierra Leone? Among tracked manufacturing families, Sierra Leone's largest recent categories are filtering and separation equipment, compressors and fans, electric motors and generators, valves and fluid controls. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
- Is the tariff burden on Sierra Leone rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Sierra Leone moved +7.6 points year over year to 8.92% 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. MFN-Free and Special-rate fields describe statutory line coverage only; final entry liability requires origin, date, eligibility, exclusions and other transaction facts. Calculated Duties are statistical estimates, not a cash-collections ledger. Confirm classification, origin, program eligibility, and final entry liability with a licensed customs broker.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05.