Who Taxes Whose Imports More?
Unequal import taxes (tariffs) between the United States and leading export destinations
Author
Fernando Martín Espejo
Date Published
12 Feb 2025
Less than 5% of U.S. goods face import taxes in the EU, Japan & UK where the foreign tariff is more than 10% larger than the comparable U.S. tariff.
India, Brazil, and Malaysia stand out as large U.S. export destinations where local tariffs often exceed U.S. import tariffs by a large margin.
In more than 5% of products, U.S. import tariff rates are 5-10% higher than in Japan, Malaysia and the U.K.
Source: Applied Most Favoured Nation import tariff rates on 5000+ products obtained from latest reported to the WTO. Most fine-grained product tariff data available that is comparable across nations. Analysis restricted to ad-valorem (percent) tariffs. Export data downloaded from U.S. Census Bureau.