Sourcing comparison · Home Textiles
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 →For US importers of home textiles, country of origin has quietly become the biggest line item you can actually negotiate. China carries roughly 44% in duties and fees against 19% for Thailand, a spread worth near $26,375 on $100,000 of annual volume. Two suppliers can quote the same factory price and still land at very different costs once Customs is done. Each component of the two stacks is detailed below, alongside what it means for a real sourcing decision.
Both stacks share the same customs valuation, so the comparison is apples to apples. On the China side, Customs applies a 9% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty, a 25% Section 301 surcharge, and a 10% Section 122 reciprocal surcharge on its home textiles, an effective 44% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. Sourced from Thailand, the goods face a 9% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 10% Section 122 reciprocal surcharge on its home textiles, an effective 19% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. Section 301 does the damage here — 25% levied specifically on China shipments, stacked above the base and special-tariff layers rather than replacing them. A Section 122 reciprocal surcharge is also in play — a temporary balance-of-payments measure scheduled to lapse in mid-2026, so its weight on this comparison is time-limited. Two charges are origin-blind — the MPF and HMF, together $49.74 on this entry — which is why the entire difference lives in the duty layers. The per-shipment gap comes to $2,637.50 on $10,000 of goods — a clean read on the 25% rate difference. A $25,000 order therefore differs by about $6,594, and a $100,000 year by roughly $26,375. At order level, $25,000 of goods carries roughly $6,594 more duty from China than from Thailand.
Classified in HTS chapter 63, home textiles spans products like Bed sheets, Towels, Curtains, and Blankets. For home textiles, where buyers reorder frequently, the duty rate compounds into one of the largest controllable costs on the P&L. Based in Asia-Pacific, China is best known to US importers for consumer electronics, computers servers, and clothing garments. With no preferential deal in force, China home textiles faces the standard rates plus any applicable surcharge. Based in Asia-Pacific, Thailand is best known to US importers for consumer electronics, auto parts components, and rubber. Absent a trade deal, Thailand's home textiles is assessed standard duties and whatever surcharges apply. Shared Asia-Pacific routing keeps logistics roughly comparable and leaves the duty gap as the decisive number. Thailand is surfaced as a credible alternative, not just the cheapest line — it is among the origins a US buyer of home textiles could realistically qualify. Sourcing diversification has shifted from resilience theatre to margin necessity, and a documented second source like Thailand is how buyers act on it.
The headline is $26,375 at $100,000; because the rate gap is fixed, larger programs scale cleanly — $13,188, $65,938, and $263,750 at $50,000, $250,000, and $1,000,000. The comparison is generated by running the same inputs through the tariff engine for each origin, which keeps everything but the duty layers equal. 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. Subtract any per-unit premium Thailand charges from the duty saving to get the true net benefit before deciding. A quick checklist for the Thailand option: match the HTS classification, get a quote that itemises duty apart from freight, and check for any antidumping or countervailing order on your item. Time the switch with the policy calendar in mind — the post-Section-122 picture can favour a different origin entirely. Model your exact volume and compare further origins in the interactive Tariff Savings Finder. 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 Thailand saves an estimated $26,375 in duties and fees, because the effective tariff rate falls from 44% to 19%. 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.
Thailand-origin home textiles is assessed a 9% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 10% Section 122 reciprocal surcharge, for an effective 19% duty rate before the Merchandise Processing Fee ($36.55) and Harbor Maintenance Fee ($13.19).
China carries an effective 44% rate versus 19% for Thailand. 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.
