Importing from Mexico

US Import Duty and Tariffs on Goods From Mexico

Goods made in Mexico pay the US general rate of duty for their HTS code, plus any tariff action that covers them. On the 12 common products priced below, the total today runs from 0% to 52.9%.

Below: common exports from Mexico priced live by the same engine as the calculator, the tariff programs that apply to them, ocean freight to US ports, and what an exporter needs to ship DDP to US buyers.

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Estimates and guidance only. Verify with a licensed customs broker before entry. Gateway Lines is not a customs broker, and nothing on this page is classification or valuation advice for a specific entry.

US duty on common products from Mexico

The effective rate for each product today, priced live: the general rate plus every tariff action the engine applies to it from Mexico. Open a product for the full breakdown, the CBP fees and the dated policy timeline.

Product	HTS code	Duty today	Made up of
Iron or steel structures	7308.90.95.90	50%	0% general rate + 50% Section 232 Steel (Derivative)
Air conditioning machine parts	8415.90.80.85	15%	1.4% general rate + 13.6% Section 232 Aluminum and Steel (Derivative)
Upholstered metal-frame seats	9401.71.00.31	0%	0% general rate
Plastic closures	3923.50.00.00	5.3%	5.3% general rate
Other iron or steel articles	7326.90.86.88	52.9%	2.9% general rate + 50% Section 232 Steel (Derivative)
Base metal building fittings	8302.41.90.80	3.5%	3.5% general rate
Liquid pump parts	8413.91.90.99	25%	0% general rate + 25% Section 232 Steel (Derivative)
Other motor vehicle parts	8708.99.81.80	27.5%	2.5% general rate + 25% Section 232 Steel (Derivative)
Men's blue denim jeans	6203.42.45.11	16.6%	16.6% general rate
Ceramic floor and wall tiles	6907.21.10.51	10%	10% general rate
Welded steel pipe	7306.30.50.28	50%	0% general rate + 50% Section 232 Steel
Network switches and routers	8517.62.00.90	0%	0% general rate

Priced on the declared value of each worked example; rates are percentages of customs value. Antidumping and countervailing duty is included where the engine applies one, at the default rate. Updated every six hours.

Tariff programs on goods from Mexico

What the engine charged on top of the general rate across the 12 products above. Your product can differ: run its HTS code in the calculator.

Section 232 steel, aluminum and copper
6 of 12 products, 13.6% to 50%. National security tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper and listed products made from them, charged on the full customs value since April 6, 2026.

Goods that qualify as originating under USMCA can enter at preferential rates. The claim rests on a certification of origin, completed by the importer, exporter or producer, that must be in the importer's possession when the claim is made (19 CFR 182.12). Some tariff actions apply to USMCA goods anyway, so check the full duty in the calculator.

Sources: Proclamation 11021, 91 FR 18201; 19 CFR 182.12 (USMCA certification of origin)

Ocean freight from Mexico to the US

The lowest current spot market rate for a 40' high cube from each main port in Mexico to a US port. Spot rates are not Gateway rates: Gateway quotes below spot for confirmed shipments.

Manzanillo to Long Beach
$4,765
40' high cube, spot market rate, read Oct 13, 2026, about 3 days

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Selling DDP from Mexico to US buyers

Under DDP terms the seller delivers with duty paid, so an exporter in Mexico quoting DDP carries the US import duty, the CBP fees and the customs entry, usually as the importer of record.

A company incorporated outside the United States can be the importer of record. It needs a resident agent in the state of the port of entry who is authorized to accept service of process, and a customs bond on CBP Form 301 (19 CFR 141.18). Every formal entry needs a bond (19 CFR 142.4).

Before the first formal entry, the importer files CBP Form 5106. A company with no US tax number gets an importer number assigned by CBP (19 CFR 24.5).

Shipments worth more than $2,500, or more than $250 for goods covered by a chapter 99 tariff action, need a formal entry (19 CFR 143.21).

For ocean cargo, the Importer Security Filing is due no later than 24 hours before the container is loaded on the vessel at the foreign port (19 CFR 149.2).

Gateway arranges the ocean freight and coordinates the entry with licensed customs brokers, so you can quote your US customer a delivered price with the duty in it.

What DDP covers under Incoterms 2020

Sources: 19 CFR 141.18 (nonresident importers); 19 CFR 142.4 (bonds); 19 CFR 24.5 (CBP Form 5106); 19 CFR 143.21 (informal entry limits); 19 CFR 149.2 (Importer Security Filing)

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Questions importers and exporters ask

What is the US import duty on goods from Mexico?

It depends on the product's HTS code. Each code has its own general rate of duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, and tariff actions such as Section 232 or Section 301 can add to it depending on the product and the country of origin. Run your product and Mexico in the calculator for the full figure.

Do I pay US duty on the shipping cost from Mexico?

Not on the international freight and insurance. US customs value is the price paid for the goods, excluding the cost of transporting and insuring them to the United States (19 U.S.C. 1401a).

Who pays the duty when I sell DDP from Mexico to a US customer?

Under DDP the seller pays the import duty and fees and usually acts as importer of record. A company incorporated outside the United States can do that with a resident agent in the state of the port of entry and a customs bond (19 CFR 141.18).

Do goods from Mexico pay US duty under USMCA?

Goods that qualify as originating under USMCA can enter at preferential rates with a certification of origin (19 CFR 182.12). Some tariff actions still apply to USMCA goods, so check the full duty in the calculator.