Sourcing comparison · Crude Oil & Petroleum
Tariff & fee savings only, assuming equal product cost — your actual landed cost also depends on price and freight, which vary by supplier.
| Annual import value | Estimated duty & fee savings / year |
|---|---|
| $50,000 | $1,319 |
| $250,000 | $6,594 |
| $1,000,000 | $26,375 |
Savings scale linearly with volume. Enter your exact figure to model it precisely.
Calculate your exact volume →Sourcing crude oil & petroleum is now a tariff decision as much as a supplier decision. Goods from Colombia clear at an effective 12.6%, while Mexico clears the same category at 10.1% — about $2,638 a year at $100,000 of imports. Unlike freight or FX, the duty rate is set by which country's stamp the goods carry — a choice made at the contract, not at the port. The breakdown below itemises both duty stacks so the figure is auditable, not asserted.
Here is how US Customs builds the bill for each origin. Sourced from Colombia, the goods face a 0.1% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 12.5% forced-labor Section 301 duty on its crude oil & petroleum, an effective 12.6% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. On the Mexico side, Customs applies a 0.1% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 10% forced-labor Section 301 duty on its crude oil & petroleum, an effective 10.1% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. The $49.74 in processing and harbor fees is the same on both sides, leaving the duty layers as the only mover of the gap. Subtract one stack from the other and $263.75 per $10,000 shipment separates the two origins. Scaled up, expect near $659 per $25,000 order and around $2,638 once annual buying reaches $100,000. A buyer placing $25,000 orders sees about $659 of avoidable duty on each one.
The category, HTS 2709, 2710, takes in Crude oil, Gasoline, Diesel fuel, Jet fuel, Fuel oil, Naphtha, and Lubricating oils among other crude oil & petroleum. The US imports crude oil & petroleum at scale, so the origin mix for this category is unusually sensitive to tariff policy. For budgeting purposes: petroleum tariffs are near-zero; US gas prices primarily driven by global oil markets and refining capacity rather than import duties. Colombia's trade profile leans toward crude oil petroleum, fresh produce, and coffee tea, and it sits in South America. With no preferential deal in force, Colombia crude oil & petroleum faces the standard rates plus any applicable surcharge. Mexico's trade profile leans toward passenger vehicles, auto parts components, and consumer electronics, and it sits in North America. Under USMCA, Mexico-origin crude oil & petroleum that meets the rules of origin can clear duty-free entirely (USMCA 0%, except Section 338 annex goods) — a decisive edge where qualification holds. Moving between South America and North America changes more than duty, so treat the tariff saving as one input among several. A switch to Mexico still hinges on capacity, certification and lead time, but the duty advantage is the part that is already quantified. With the US running its highest average tariff in decades, concentrated exposure to one high-duty origin is now a measurable annual cost rather than an abstract risk.
Anchor your own volume to these tiers: $1,319 at $50,000, $6,594 at $250,000, $26,375 at $1,000,000, and about $2,638 at $100,000. The numbers come straight from the landed-cost engine, with product cost and shipping fixed across both origins to isolate the tariff difference. These figures reflect tariff and fee savings only, assuming equal product cost — your actual landed cost also depends on price and freight, which vary by supplier. Read the $2,638 as a transition budget — if re-sourcing to Mexico costs less than the annual saving, it pays back inside a year. Diligence on Mexico is commercial, not regulatory: supplier capacity, MOQ, tooling and re-qualification cost — the duty advantage itself is already settled above. The saving is current today; given the pace of 2026 revisions, verify it again at contract signing. Use the Tariff Savings Finder to test your real numbers and see alternatives beyond Mexico.
At $100,000 of annual import value, switching from Colombia to Mexico saves an estimated $2,638 in duties and fees, because the effective tariff rate falls from 12.6% to 10.1%. The saving scales linearly with volume. These figures reflect tariff and fee savings only, assuming equal product cost — your actual landed cost also depends on price and freight, which vary by supplier.
Mexico-origin crude oil & petroleum is assessed a 0.1% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 10% forced-labor Section 301 duty, for an effective 10.1% duty rate before the Merchandise Processing Fee ($36.55) and Harbor Maintenance Fee ($13.19).
Colombia carries an effective 12.6% rate versus 10.1% for Mexico. The gap comes from differences in the base, Section 232 and bilateral rates that apply to each origin.
Tariff rates from Tax Foundation, USITC, and Penn Wharton Budget Model; retaliatory and industry data from the ITA Foreign Retaliations Database and U.S. Census Bureau (NAICS). Last verified .
