Sourcing comparison · Natural Gas (LNG)
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 →When natural gas (lng) crosses a US border, where it was made now decides a surprising share of what it costs. The effective rate falls from 12.5% on Qatar shipments to 10% on Canada shipments — close to $2,638 per $100,000 of imports each year. Origin is one of the few cost levers a US importer controls outright, and it has rarely mattered more. Each component of the two stacks is detailed below, alongside what it means for a real sourcing decision.
The gap is easiest to see by walking each origin's tariffs in turn. From Qatar, the entry is assessed a 12.5% forced-labor Section 301 duty on its natural gas (lng), an effective 12.5% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. A Canada origin attracts a 10% forced-labor Section 301 duty on its natural gas (lng), an effective 10% 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. The per-shipment gap comes to $263.75 on $10,000 of goods — a clean read on the 2.5% rate difference. Scaled up, expect near $659 per $25,000 order and around $2,638 once annual buying reaches $100,000. At order level, $25,000 of goods carries roughly $659 more duty from Qatar than from Canada.
Classified in HTS chapter 2711, natural gas (lng) spans products like LNG, Pipeline natural gas, CNG, and Industrial methane. For natural gas (lng), where buyers reorder frequently, the duty rate compounds into one of the largest controllable costs on the P&L. Concretely, what counts as natural gas (lng): natural gas in gaseous form and liquefied natural gas (LNG) for energy generation, heating, and industrial feedstock applications. Based in Middle East, Qatar is best known to US importers for natural gas lng, crude oil petroleum, and chemicals industrial compounds. With no preferential deal in force, Qatar natural gas (lng) faces the standard rates plus any applicable surcharge. From North America, Canada's top US-bound categories include crude oil petroleum, passenger vehicles, and lumber wood products. Under USMCA, Canada-origin natural gas (lng) 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 Middle East and North America changes more than duty, so treat the tariff saving as one input among several. For a buyer committed to Qatar, Canada is a concrete diversification target whose tariff math is settled and whose remaining diligence is commercial. 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.
For $100,000 a year of natural gas (lng), the move from Qatar to Canada is worth about $2,638, scaling to $1,319 at $50,000, $6,594 at $250,000, and $26,375 at $1,000,000. All values are calculated, not assumed — the engine applies the current published rates to identical goods and reports the 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. Treat the annual saving as the ceiling on switching cost: as long as moving to Canada costs less than that, the change is accretive. Request parallel quotes from your Qatar incumbent and a vetted Canada source, then compare landed cost with the duty gap held constant. Lock the comparison to a quote date; a surcharge added or lifted can change the ranking between negotiation and purchase order. Run your own volume — and a post-Section-122 view — through the interactive Tariff Savings Finder.
At $100,000 of annual import value, switching from Qatar to Canada saves an estimated $2,638 in duties and fees, because the effective tariff rate falls from 12.5% to 10%. 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 natural gas (lng) is assessed a 10% forced-labor Section 301 duty, for an effective 10% duty rate before the Merchandise Processing Fee ($36.55) and Harbor Maintenance Fee ($13.19).
Qatar carries an effective 12.5% rate versus 10% for Canada. 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 .
