Tariff Watch

Copper tariffs from Australia

The duty a United States importer pays on copper of Australia origin, resolved against HTS revision 2026HTSRev17.

Verified 2026-09-01
HTS 2026HTSRev17

7406.10.00.00 from Australia resolves to 62.50%: a Column 1 General rate of 0.00% and 2 trade remedies on top of it. That is one line of many under copper. Rates within the category differ, so the figure is what this line draws rather than a rate for the category as a whole.

ProgramRate as publishedContributionReported underIn force from
Column 1 General (MFN)Free0.00%not established

Source: USITC, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 2026 HTS Revision 17, published 2026-08-24. Verified 2026-09-01.

Section 232The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 50%50.00%9903.82.022025-06-04

Source: FEDERAL REGISTER, Proclamation 11021, adjusting imports of aluminum, steel and copper (FR Doc. 2026-06960), published 2026-04-09. Verified 2026-09-01.

Section 301The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 12.5%12.50%9903.05.232026-07-24

Source: USTR, Notice of Actions in Section 301 Investigations of Various Economies (FR Doc. 2026-15181), published 2026-07-28. Verified 2026-09-01.

Table 1Duty stack for 7406.10.00.00 from Australia, resolved 2026-09-01. Each layer is charged against the same customs value. Nothing compounds.Heading 7406

What is in scope

Section 232 reaches copper under Chapter 99 heading group 9903.82 and the provisions of HTS 74. The full list of classifications and the instrument behind the action are on the copper page.

Australia also faces a country-wide additional duty of 12.5%, reported under 9903.05.23. That reaches goods of Australia whatever they are. The Australia page sets out every action reaching that origin.

Reading this figure

Duty is assessed at the ten-digit statistical line, not at the category and not at the four-digit heading. A different line under copper can carry a different Column 1 rate and, where a trade remedy enumerates provisions rather than a whole chapter, a different set of layers. The calculator resolves a specific code, origin and value.

For what each layer above is: Section 232, Section 301, Section 338, how the layers combine.