It is a return to the past. The customs duties applied by the United States amount to an average of 20.1% after the entry into the force of new taxes for dozens of countries on Thursday, according to the calculation updated on WTO Friday and the IMF, its highest level since the early 1910s, except a few weeks of 2025.
This theoretical rate, calculated by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of commercial advertisements, is based on the volumes of constant exchanges and was only 2.4% during the inauguration of Donald Trump, on January 20, 2025.
The announcement, on April 2, of the customs tasks around the world and successive offers aimed at the main commercial partners of the United States, China at the head, had briefly made the average rate of an rate of 24.8% in May, calculated the WTO and the IMF of the innocent since 1904, according to data from the United States International Trade Commission.
In the 1930s, the rate, calculated by dividing the amount of taxes for the amount of imports, increased to almost 20%.
The rate updated on Friday by the WTO and the IMF applies the rates announced by the product to the 2024 trade volumes.
In relation to the theoretical level of the end of June (17.3%), it joined the new taxes that established on Thursday, an increase in certain customs duties addressed to Canada, Brazil and refined copper, as well as commercial agreements with the EU, Japan and South Korea.
Source: BFM TV
