Sourcing comparison · Olive Oil & Cooking Oils
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 | $1,846 |
| $250,000 | $9,231 |
| $1,000,000 | $36,925 |
Savings scale linearly with volume. Enter your exact figure to model it precisely.
Calculate your exact volume →For US importers of olive oil & cooking oils, country of origin has quietly become the biggest line item you can actually negotiate. Indonesia carries roughly 13.5% in duties and fees against 10% for Italy, a spread worth near $3,693 on $100,000 of annual volume. Where a competitor's margin erodes on the same tariff, a buyer who re-sources keeps the difference. Below, each tariff layer is laid out for both origins, with the saving scaled to several order sizes.
Both stacks share the same customs valuation, so the comparison is apples to apples. From Indonesia, the entry is assessed a 3.5% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 10% forced-labor Section 301 duty on its olive oil & cooking oils, an effective 13.5% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. Shipped out of Italy, the product is hit with a 3.5% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 6.5% forced-labor Section 301 duty on its olive oil & cooking oils, an effective 10% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. The Merchandise Processing Fee and Harbor Maintenance Fee are charged on customs value, not origin, so they sit at $49.74 on either stack and never contribute to the gap. Subtract one stack from the other and $369.25 per $10,000 shipment separates the two origins. Multiply across your volume and it is near $923 for $25,000 and about $3,693 for $100,000 a year. At order level, $25,000 of goods carries roughly $923 more duty from Indonesia than from Italy.
The category, HTS 1507, 1508, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, takes in Extra virgin olive oil, Olive oil blends, Sunflower oil, Palm oil, Canola oil, Soybean oil, and Coconut oil among other olive oil & cooking oils. Demand for olive oil & cooking oils is broad and price-sensitive, which is exactly why a duty wedge of this size reshapes who can supply the US market competitively. On the pricing side, cooking oils pay no Section 122 surcharge — it lapsed to 0% on July 24, 2026 — so consumer prices are primarily driven by global commodity markets and shipping costs. Based in Asia-Pacific, Indonesia is best known to US importers for clothing garments, footwear, and consumer electronics. Indonesia trades without a special US agreement, so column-1 rates and every surcharge apply to its olive oil & cooking oils in full. From Europe, Italy's top US-bound categories include industrial machinery, passenger vehicles, and pharmaceuticals. Italy trades under the EU bilateral framework, which shapes the duties on its olive oil & cooking oils. Moving between Asia-Pacific and Europe changes more than duty, so treat the tariff saving as one input among several. Italy is surfaced as a credible alternative, not just the cheapest line — it is among the origins a US buyer of olive oil & cooking oils could realistically qualify. US tariff policy in 2026 is unusually fluid, with effective rates on many categories changing several times a year — a reason to treat any origin comparison as a live calculation rather than a fixed sheet.
The headline is $3,693 at $100,000; because the rate gap is fixed, larger programs scale cleanly — $1,846, $9,231, and $36,925 at $50,000, $250,000, and $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. Subtract any per-unit premium Italy charges from the duty saving to get the true net benefit before deciding. A quick checklist for the Italy 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. Lock the comparison to a quote date; a surcharge added or lifted can change the ranking between negotiation and purchase order. Model your exact volume and compare further origins in the interactive Tariff Savings Finder.
At $100,000 of annual import value, switching from Indonesia to Italy saves an estimated $3,693 in duties and fees, because the effective tariff rate falls from 13.5% 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.
Italy-origin olive oil & cooking oils is assessed a 3.5% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 6.5% forced-labor Section 301 duty, for an effective 10% duty rate before the Merchandise Processing Fee ($36.55) and Harbor Maintenance Fee ($13.19).
Indonesia carries an effective 13.5% rate versus 10% for Italy. 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 .
