Sourcing comparison · Electrical Wiring & Conduit
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 | $13,188 |
| $250,000 | $65,938 |
| $1,000,000 | $263,750 |
Savings scale linearly with volume. Enter your exact figure to model it precisely.
Calculate your exact volume →Few procurement levers move landed cost on electrical wiring & conduit as fast as switching country of origin. Goods from China clear at an effective 39.5%, while Canada clears the same category at 14.5% — about $26,375 a year at $100,000 of imports. The importers who win this cycle are the ones treating country of origin as a number to optimise, not a given. What follows is the layer-by-layer comparison, the trade context behind each rate, and how the gap grows with volume.
Start with the two duty stacks side by side. A China origin attracts a 4.5% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty, a 25% Section 301 surcharge, and a 10% Section 122 reciprocal surcharge on its electrical wiring & conduit, an effective 39.5% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. From Canada, the entry is assessed a 4.5% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty, a 10% Section 122 reciprocal surcharge, and a 10% negotiated bilateral rate on its electrical wiring & conduit, an effective 14.5% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. The decisive layer is Section 301: a 25% surcharge that applies only to China-origin goods and sits on top of every other duty, which is why China routes run expensive across so many categories. Section 122 adds a reciprocal duty that one origin escapes via a bilateral deal — a meaningful but expiring factor in the current gap. 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. That leaves a $2,637.50 gap on every $10,000 of goods, driven entirely by the 25% spread in effective duty rate. A $25,000 order therefore differs by about $6,594, and a $100,000 year by roughly $26,375. Scaled to a single $25,000 PO, the gap is near $6,594, repeated on every reorder.
Classified in HTS chapter 8544, 7306, electrical wiring & conduit spans products like Romex wire, THHN wire, Armored cable, and Conduit pipe. Because electrical wiring & conduit moves in volume, even a modest per-unit duty gap aggregates into a number that decides sourcing strategy. China (Asia-Pacific) sends the United States largely consumer electronics, computers servers, and clothing garments. China trades without a special US agreement, so column-1 rates and every surcharge apply to its electrical wiring & conduit in full. Canada (North America) sends the United States largely crude oil petroleum, passenger vehicles, and lumber wood products. Canada's USMCA membership can zero out duties on qualifying electrical wiring & conduit, which is why it so often undercuts non-agreement origins. Different regions — Asia-Pacific versus North America — mean shipping economics deserve a look beside the tariff math. The recommendation is filtered to feasible suppliers, so Canada appears because it plausibly makes electrical wiring & conduit, not merely because its rate is low. The figures here reflect the rules in force today; in a year of frequent revisions, the value is in re-running them as policy moves, which this site is built to do.
Where Canada is a viable supplier, expect roughly $26,375 at $100,000, rising to about $65,938 at $250,000 and $263,750 at $1,000,000 as volume grows. 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. If any price premium from Canada is smaller than the duty saving, the switch still wins on net landed cost. Before acting, confirm the Canada supplier classifies under the same HTS heading, can meet your volume and certifications, and faces no product-specific exclusion or quota that shifts the duty. Re-run the figures close to your decision: the duty landscape for electrical wiring & conduit has shifted repeatedly through the year. Open the Tariff Savings Finder to rank every feasible origin for your specific volume. One origin still carries the Section 122 surcharge, due to expire mid-2026; the ranking can shift once it lapses.
At $100,000 of annual import value, switching from China to Canada saves an estimated $26,375 in duties and fees, because the effective tariff rate falls from 39.5% to 14.5%. 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.
Canada-origin electrical wiring & conduit is assessed a 4.5% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty, a 10% Section 122 reciprocal surcharge, and a 10% negotiated bilateral rate, for an effective 14.5% duty rate before the Merchandise Processing Fee ($36.55) and Harbor Maintenance Fee ($13.19).
China carries an effective 39.5% rate versus 14.5% for Canada. The gap is driven mainly by the 25% Section 301 surcharge that applies to Chinese-origin goods and stacks on top of every other layer.
Possibly. One of these origins currently carries the Section 122 reciprocal surcharge, which is scheduled to expire in mid-2026. The Tariff Savings Finder lets you toggle a post-expiry view to see whether the ranking shifts once that surcharge is removed.
Tariff rates from Tax Foundation, USITC, and Penn Wharton Budget Model. Last verified May 13, 2026.
