[smoothsailing]

The cost of tariffs are passed along to the consumer. Who was more dependent on imported goods and who was paying more per capita for them, northerners or southerners?

[Partisan Gunslinger]

The cost of tariffs are passed along to the consumer.

True.

Who was more dependent on imported goods and who was paying more per capita for them, northerners or southerners?

Northerners.