Sourcing comparison · Pet Products
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 →A pet products importer's margin increasingly turns on a single field on the entry: country of origin. At 16.5%, Thailand sits well above Canada's 14%; on $100,000 of annual buying that difference is around $2,638. Where a competitor's margin erodes on the same tariff, a buyer who re-sources keeps the difference. 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. Sourced from Thailand, the goods face a 4% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 12.5% forced-labor Section 301 duty on its pet products, an effective 16.5% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. Canada-made goods carry a 4% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 10% forced-labor Section 301 duty on its pet products, an effective 14% 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. The per-shipment gap comes to $263.75 on $10,000 of goods — a clean read on the 2.5% rate difference. Across a year that is roughly $659 on a $25,000 purchase order and about $2,638 on a $100,000 program. On a $25,000 purchase order that is about $659 of duty difference — the kind of figure that shows up directly in a quarter's gross margin.
The category, HTS 2309, 6601, 9401, takes in Dry pet food, Cat litter, Pet toys, Pet beds, Aquarium equipment, Pet carriers, and Dog collars among other pet products. Demand for pet products is broad and price-sensitive, which is exactly why a duty wedge of this size reshapes who can supply the US market competitively. Pet product tariffs raise costs for US pet owners; the pet industry is one of the fastest-growing consumer segments and is significantly exposed to Chinese supply chains. Thailand, in Asia-Pacific, ships the US mainly consumer electronics, auto parts components, and rubber. Thailand has no agreement to soften the stack, so its pet products carries the full column-1 plus surcharge load. Canada's trade profile leans toward crude oil petroleum, passenger vehicles, and lumber wood products, and it sits in North America. Canada's USMCA membership can zero out duties on qualifying pet products (USMCA 0%, except Section 338 annex goods), 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. For a buyer committed to Thailand, 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.
Where Canada is a viable supplier, expect roughly $2,638 at $100,000, rising to about $6,594 at $250,000 and $26,375 at $1,000,000 as volume grows. Every figure is produced by the same tariff engine behind the site's calculators, holding FOB value, freight and insurance constant so only the duty effect of origin shows through. 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. Time the switch with the policy calendar in mind — the post-Section-122 picture can favour a different origin entirely. Open the Tariff Savings Finder to rank every feasible origin for your specific volume.
At $100,000 of annual import value, switching from Thailand to Canada saves an estimated $2,638 in duties and fees, because the effective tariff rate falls from 16.5% to 14%. 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 pet products is assessed a 4% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 10% forced-labor Section 301 duty, for an effective 14% duty rate before the Merchandise Processing Fee ($36.55) and Harbor Maintenance Fee ($13.19).
Thailand carries an effective 16.5% rate versus 14% 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 .
