Tariff Monitor
Tariffs on Imports From Vanuatu
In 2025, U.S. importers brought in $36K of goods from Vanuatu across 3 manufacturing families MFG Calcs tracks, carrying an effective calculated-duty rate of 17.35%, up from 3.7% the year before. Vanuatu's largest tracked categories: electric motors and generators, robots and automated machinery, hand tools. Tracked-family totals are a floor on total bilateral trade, from USITC DataWeb data.
The current reading
- Tracked imports from Vanuatu: $36K in 2025 across 3 manufacturing families, a floor on total bilateral trade.
- Observed effective calculated-duty rate: 17.35% (3.7% the year before), reported Calculated Duties ÷ covered customs value.
- History depth: 2 years of annual named-source boards.
Largest tracked families from Vanuatu
- Electric motors and generators
- Robots and automated machinery
- Hand tools
- Transformers and power supplies
Frequently asked questions
- How much does the U.S. import from Vanuatu? across the 3 manufacturing material and equipment families MFG Calcs tracks, U.S. imports from Vanuatu totaled $36K 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 Vanuatu? In 2025, imports from Vanuatu had an effective calculated-duty rate of 17.35% 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 3.7%.
- What does the U.S. import most from Vanuatu? Among tracked manufacturing families, Vanuatu's largest recent categories are electric motors and generators, robots and automated machinery, hand tools, transformers and power supplies. Each has its own live rate page linked below.
- Is the tariff burden on Vanuatu rising or falling? Rising: the effective rate on tracked imports from Vanuatu moved +13.7 points year over year to 17.35% 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.