---
title: "Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income"
slug: the-import-tax
summary: "Federal customs duties equaled 1.17% of aggregate disposable personal income in 2025"
category: "Prices"
unit: percent
frequency: annual
direction: not_applicable
latest_value: 1.1688
latest_period: "2025"
trend: rising
last_updated: "2026-11-04T06:33:48Z"
source: "Computed from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis federal customs duties and NIPA disposable personal income data retrieved via FRED"
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# Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income

Also tracked as The Import Tax.

> Federal customs duties equaled 1.17% of aggregate disposable personal income in 2025

## Current Reading

As of 2025, Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income is **1.17%** (rising).

federal customs-duty receipts as a share of aggregate disposable personal income

## What Changed

- Federal customs duties equaled 1.17% of aggregate disposable personal income in 2025, up from 0.38% in 2024.
- The highest ratio in our series, which starts in 2015; BEA will revise recent years.

## Recent Values

| Period | Value |
|--------|-------|
| 2025 | 1.17% |
| 2024 | 0.38% |
| 2023 | 0.39% |
| 2022 | 0.54% |
| 2021 | 0.47% |
| 2020 | 0.39% |
| 2019 | 0.48% |
| 2018 | 0.34% |
| 2017 | 0.26% |
| 2016 | 0.27% |
| 2015 | 0.28% |

## Historical Context

- Peak since 2015: **1.17%** in 2025
- Low since 2015: **0.26%** in 2017
- Pre-pandemic average (2015-01 – 2019-12): **0.33%**
- Post-pandemic average (2020-01 – 2024-12): **0.44%**

## Methodology

This indicator carries annual observations and is interpreted as measuring something other than household condition, so neither end of the range reads as household distress. Source: Computed from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis federal customs duties and NIPA disposable personal income data retrieved via FRED.
Automation: collected automatically on the daily refresh pipeline, with no hand entry.

## Source

Computed from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis federal customs duties and NIPA disposable personal income data retrieved via FRED
- [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B235RC1A027NBEA](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B235RC1A027NBEA)
- [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A067RC1A027NBEA](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A067RC1A027NBEA)

Data retrieved: 2026-11-04T06:33:48Z

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## Citation

**APA 7th**

    Kilburn, R. (2026). Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income [Data set]. American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-import-tax/

**Chicago (author-date)**

    Kilburn, Ross. 2026. "Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income." American Default Research. https://americandefault.org/indicators/the-import-tax/.

**MLA 9th**

    Kilburn, Ross. "Federal Customs Duties as % of Disposable Personal Income." American Default Research, 2026, americandefault.org/indicators/the-import-tax/.

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