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What Japan actually pays on HS 0201.30
Importers of HS 0201.30 (other) from Japan actually paid 26.52% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 26.52% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 4.4¢/kg. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 26.24% → 26.52%, with the largest single step -26.3pp in 2024-01. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. Collected 26.52% against an HTS base of 4.4¢/kg. Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "0201.30", origin: "Japan") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 0201.30. The schedule base rate is
4.4¢/kg; importers from Japan actually paid 26.52% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 26.24% (2023-07) → 26.52% (2026-06), largest single step -26.3pp in 2024-01.
The trade-war measures that name Japan or this sector
12 Chapter-99 measures name Japan; scope mapping is partial (several annexes are PDFs) — absence never means exemption. They do not sum, and some are product-specific — the collected rate above is the composed truth.
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the United States-Japan Agreement measure 9903.02.30 · Federal Register citation+15%
9903.02.31 measure 9903.02.31+15%
Adoption and Procedures of the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Inclusions Process measure 9903.02.71 · Federal Register citation+15%
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the United States-Japan Agreement measure 9903.02.73 · Federal Register citation+15%
9903.04.62 measure 9903.04.62+15%
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal measure 9903.76.21 · Federal Register citation+15%
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal measure 9903.76.22 · Federal Register citation+15%
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the United States-Japan Agreement measure 9903.94.41 · Federal Register citation+15%
In print: “What Japan actually pays on HS 0201.30 (HS 0201.30)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/020130/japan