{
  "slug": "tt010.china.burden",
  "name": "China effective tariff burden",
  "unit": "percent/month",
  "horizon": "long",
  "grade": "reported",
  "grade_means": "Counted and published by a named body — for this ledger, the US Census Bureau. We mirror it and keep every revision.",
  "description": "Duty collected as a share of ALL Chinese goods entering for consumption, monthly. The staircase of the trade war as actually collected: 2.7% (2017) to a 47.9% peak (May 2025) to 21.7% (Jun 2026). Convention: includes de minimis code 999995 (recorded at zero duty); excluding it raises recent China figures by about 1.2 points.",
  "instrument": {
    "id": "TT-010",
    "name": "Duty receipts",
    "clock": "medium",
    "role": "reporter",
    "source": "US Census Bureau, imports for consumption (CON_VAL_MO / DUT_VAL_MO / CAL_DUT_MO)",
    "source_url": "https://api.census.gov/data/timeseries/intltrade/imports/hs"
  },
  "coverage": {
    "from": "2017-01",
    "to": null
  },
  "publishable_ranges": [
    {
      "from": "2017-01",
      "to": "2100-01-01"
    }
  ],
  "status": "fit",
  "citation": "Trimtabist TT-010 Duty receipts, from US Census Bureau imports-for-consumption records (CAL_DUT_MO), cross-checked against US Treasury MTS customs receipts — trimtabist.com/series/tt010.china.burden",
  "citationShort": "Trimtab TT-010 Duty receipts, \"China effective tariff burden\" (retrieved 2026-08-08).",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-08-08T22:43:17.486Z",
  "urls": {
    "page": "https://trimtabist.com/series/tt010.china.burden",
    "csv": "https://trimtabist.com/series/tt010.china.burden.csv",
    "metadata": "https://trimtabist.com/series/tt010.china.burden.metadata.json"
  }
}