CLOTHING IS TARIFFED TO THE HILT

Canada’s most heavily tariffed imports (aside from milk and eggs) are clothing. Almost everything in your closet, from bras to T-shirts to raincoats, was slapped with an 18 per cent tariff at the border. “Canada collects hundreds of millions of dollars every year on tariffs on clothing products,” said Mike Moffatt, a tariff scholar at the Western University. “Those are ultimately paid by the consumer.”

NOTE: Unless specified otherwise, the tariffs listed above are the “most favoured nation” tariff; the rate that must be paid to import from a country that does not have a free-trade agreement with Canada. While Chinese products are subject to the MFN rate, it does not apply to the U.S., the EU and more than a dozen others.