Japan
Upper band on the forced labour tariff, charged to reach a 12.5% combined rate rather than added on top.
Elevated · 12.5% combined into the US
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The duty stack, both directions
Every layer of duty, and the statute each one rests on. Layers marked additive stack on top of each other.
Japan → United States
12.5% combined
Forced labour tariff charged so that combined rates reach 12.5%.
Steel, aluminium and copper.
Passenger vehicles. Negotiated rate, not the 25% general rate.
Advanced semiconductors.
Patented pharmaceuticals. Negotiated ceiling, not the 100% general rate.
United States → Japan
MFN
No retaliatory measures in force.
Other corridors in Asia Pacific
- Australia 0% AUSFTA, Section 232 applies into the US
- Bangladesh 10% into the US
- Cambodia 10% into the US
- China 37.5% Section 301 aggregate into the US
- India Up to 35% into the US
- Indonesia 10% into the US
- Malaysia 10% into the US
- Pakistan 10% into the US
- South Korea 12.5% combined into the US
- Sri Lanka 10% into the US
- Taiwan 10% net of MFN into the US
- Thailand 12.5% into the US
- Vietnam 12.5% into the US
Where this comes from, and where it could be wrongEvery statute, every document, and the limits
Every rate on this page is a headline rate set by a named statute, taken from the documents below. We do not compute duty for a shipment and this is not a customs calculation.
The statutes these rates rest on
- Section 232, Trade Expansion Act of 1962. National security. Applies by product, worldwide.
- Section 301, Trade Act of 1974. Unfair foreign practice. Applies by country, after investigation.
- Section 338, Tariff Act of 1930. Discrimination against US commerce. Applies by country and product.
- Section 122, Trade Act of 1974. Balance of payments. Applies worldwide, 150 day limit. Status: expired.
- IEEPA, International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Declared emergency. Applies worldwide. Status: struck down.
Official document
- USTR, Section 301 forced labour fact sheet
- Federal Register, Section 122 import surcharge
- Federal Register, timber and lumber amendment
- Federal Register, indefinite de minimis suspension
- White House, pharmaceuticals proclamation
- Canada, Department of Finance countermeasures
Independent research
Legal analysis, not the law itself
- Troutman Pepper, three day suspension of the Section 338 duties
- White & Case, first use of Section 338
- Skadden, trade court strikes down Section 122
- K&L Gates, Supreme Court decision on the IEEPA tariffs
- Crowell, pharmaceutical tiered rate structure
- White & Case, narrowly targeted semiconductor tariff
Where this could be wrong
- These are headline rates by statute. The rate that actually applies to a consignment is decided by its commodity code, its origin under the relevant rules of origin, and any exclusion in force on the day it lands. Two shipments from the same country can attract different duty.
- Product level exclusions, quotas and carve outs are not modelled here. Where a proclamation carves out specific subheadings we note it in the scope text, but we do not reproduce annexes.
- Layers marked additive stack. Where a measure is stayed, suspended or struck down we mark the status, but litigation moves faster than any page and a measure can be revived on appeal.
- Several of the documents above are law firm alerts. They are usually accurate and usually first, but they are a reading of the measure, not the measure. Where the two differ, the official document wins.
- If duty on your goods matters commercially, get a binding ruling from the customs authority rather than relying on this or any other summary.
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