US tariffs on Taiwan
How much duty the US charges on goods from Taiwan, per dollar of those goods: the rate importers actually pay, across everything Taiwan sells the US, month by month.
Census Bureau records to August 2026, the latest month published. Checked .
The rate
Effective tariff rateAugust 2026
2.9%
3.5% in August 2025, a year earlier
Over 12 monthsto August 2026
3.0%
1.9% in the 12 months before
Duty charged12 months
$7.7bn
on $259.5bn of goods, +63.9% on the 12 months before
Entered duty-free12 months
85%
of the value of goods. The rest paid 19.5% on average.
On all US imports the rate was 8.2% over the same 12 months; Taiwan ranks 57 of the 64 partners with a page here, highest rate first. September 2025 to August 2026.
Effective US tariff rate on goods from Taiwan, monthly
Calculated duty as a % of the value of imports for consumption.
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Where the duty falls
The product groups (two-digit HS chapters) that paid the most duty, September 2025 to August 2026.
| Chapter | Goods | Duty | Rate | Share of duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof | $49.2bn | $1.6bn | 3.3% | 21% |
| Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances | $185.3bn | $1.5bn | 0.8% | 19% |
| Articles of iron or steel | $2.5bn | $1.2bn | 47.1% | 16% |
| Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | $2.6bn | $0.6bn | 22.0% | 8% |
| Plastics and articles thereof | $2.3bn | $0.4bn | 17.2% | 5% |
| Iron and steel | $0.8bn | $0.4bn | 47.1% | 5% |
| Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus | $2.3bn | $0.3bn | 14.0% | 4% |
| Miscellaneous articles of base metal | $1.2bn | $0.3bn | 21.8% | 3% |
| Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal | $1.1bn | $0.2bn | 21.4% | 3% |
| Toys, games and sports equipment | $1.2bn | $0.2bn | 17.8% | 3% |
Month by month, the last two years
| Month | Goods | Duty | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | $22.9bn | $0.7bn | 2.9% |
| July 2026 | $24.6bn | $0.5bn | 2.0% |
| June 2026 | $19.5bn | $0.5bn | 2.8% |
| May 2026 | $23.0bn | $0.5bn | 2.3% |
| April 2026 | $23.7bn | $0.5bn | 2.3% |
| March 2026 | $24.2bn | $0.6bn | 2.3% |
| February 2026 | $20.3bn | $0.6bn | 3.2% |
| January 2026 | $21.0bn | $0.8bn | 3.7% |
| December 2025 | $23.9bn | $0.8bn | 3.1% |
| November 2025 | $19.7bn | $0.7bn | 3.6% |
| October 2025 | $21.7bn | $0.8bn | 3.5% |
| September 2025 | $14.8bn | $0.7bn | 4.9% |
| August 2025 | $17.4bn | $0.6bn | 3.5% |
| July 2025 | $19.2bn | $0.6bn | 3.1% |
| June 2025 | $16.6bn | $0.6bn | 3.3% |
| May 2025 | $16.2bn | $0.4bn | 2.6% |
| April 2025 | $14.5bn | $0.2bn | 1.6% |
| March 2025 | $12.5bn | $0.1bn | 1.1% |
| February 2025 | $10.5bn | $87.7m | 0.8% |
| January 2025 | $11.0bn | $94.1m | 0.9% |
| December 2024 | $10.1bn | $94.0m | 0.9% |
| November 2024 | $9.1bn | $86.4m | 0.9% |
| October 2024 | $10.6bn | $80.5m | 0.8% |
| September 2024 | $10.5bn | $91.9m | 0.9% |
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How this is measured
The rate is the duty the Census Bureau calculates on goods from Taiwan entered for consumption in the US, divided by the value of those goods. It is an average across everything, including the goods that enter duty-free. That makes it lower than a headline rate announced for a country, which applies only to the goods it names, and it moves when the mix of goods changes as well as when rates do.
It is not the same measure as the daily US tariff rate, which divides the customs duties deposited at the Treasury by the value of imports. Duty is deposited after goods arrive, so the two move together but not on the same day, and only the Census records can be split by country and product.
The value here is imports for consumption: $259.5bn from Taiwan over the 12 months. Census's general imports, the figure on the economy page, were $269.1bn. General imports count goods when they arrive, including goods held in bonded warehouses and free-trade zones; imports for consumption count them when they enter the US market, which is when duty is owed.
Check: general imports from Taiwan in August 2026 were $24.7bn in the Census data used here and $24.7bn in the same Census series on FRED (IMP5830): they match.
Census revises earlier months when it publishes revisions, and these pages always show the figures as currently published, rebuilt daily. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, international trade data, through its international trade API: the fields “Imports for Consumption, Calculated Duty” (CAL_DUT_MO) and “Imports for Consumption, Total Value” (CON_VAL_MO). Every partner, every month since 2017: tariffs.csv.