Sourcing comparison · Roofing Materials
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 | $2,638 |
| $250,000 | $13,188 |
| $1,000,000 | $52,750 |
Savings scale linearly with volume. Enter your exact figure to model it precisely.
Calculate your exact volume →Few procurement levers move landed cost on roofing materials as fast as switching country of origin. Goods from Mexico clear at an effective 15%, while Italy clears the same category at 10% — about $5,275 a year at $100,000 of imports. The duty line moves with paperwork, not production cost, which is why it rewards attention. The sections that follow show where every dollar of the difference comes from.
Start with the two duty stacks side by side. A Mexico origin attracts a 5% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 10% forced-labor Section 301 duty on its roofing materials, an effective 15% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. From Italy, the entry is assessed a 5% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 5% forced-labor Section 301 duty on its roofing materials, an effective 10% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. Processing and harbor fees apply identically whichever country ships the goods ($49.74 here), confirming the saving is pure duty, not fee. That leaves a $527.50 gap on every $10,000 of goods, driven entirely by the 5% spread in effective duty rate. Scaled up, expect near $1,319 per $25,000 order and around $5,275 once annual buying reaches $100,000. A buyer placing $25,000 orders sees about $1,319 of avoidable duty on each one.
roofing materials — Asphalt shingles, Metal roofing panels, Clay tiles, Concrete tiles, Roofing membrane, Underlayment, and Fascia panels and similar goods — falls under HTS 6811, 6901, 7210. Demand for roofing materials is broad and price-sensitive, which is exactly why a duty wedge of this size reshapes who can supply the US market competitively. On carve-outs: USMCA-qualifying roofing from Canada or Mexico at 0%; steel-content roofing subject to S232 on steel inputs. Mexico, in North America, ships the US mainly passenger vehicles, auto parts components, and consumer electronics. Through USMCA, qualifying Mexico roofing materials enters duty-free (USMCA 0%, except Section 338 annex goods), collapsing the special-tariff layer to nothing. Italy (Europe) sends the United States largely industrial machinery, passenger vehicles, and pharmaceuticals. Italy trades under the EU bilateral framework, which shapes the duties on its roofing materials. Different regions — North America versus Europe — mean shipping economics deserve a look beside the tariff math. The recommendation is filtered to feasible suppliers, so Italy appears because it plausibly makes roofing materials, not merely because its rate is low. Sourcing diversification has shifted from resilience theatre to margin necessity, and a documented second source like Italy is how buyers act on it.
Where Italy is a viable supplier, expect roughly $5,275 at $100,000, rising to about $13,188 at $250,000 and $52,750 at $1,000,000 as volume grows. 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. If any price premium from Italy is smaller than the duty saving, the switch still wins on net landed cost. Before acting, confirm the Italy 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 roofing materials has shifted repeatedly through the year. Open the Tariff Savings Finder to rank every feasible origin for your specific volume.
At $100,000 of annual import value, switching from Mexico to Italy saves an estimated $5,275 in duties and fees, because the effective tariff rate falls from 15% 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 roofing materials is assessed a 5% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 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).
Mexico carries an effective 15% 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 .
