Importers of HS 0811.90 (pineapples) from Mexico actually paid 10.9% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0.09% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 0.25¢/kg. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 13.03% → 10.9%, with the largest single step +26.1pp in 2025-10. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. Collected 10.9% against an HTS base of 0.25¢/kg. Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "0811.90", origin: "Mexico") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 0811.90. The schedule base rate is 0.25¢/kg; importers from Mexico actually paid 10.9% on the dutiable value in 2026-06. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 13.03% (2023-07) → 10.9% (2026-06), largest single step +26.1pp in 2025-10.
Mexico's lower duty (0.09% vs 48.93%) lets it price up to 48.8% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, Mexico actually lands cheaper — $1.36/kg vs $1.79/kg (duty in, freight out).
5 Chapter-99 measures name Mexico; 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.
All goods from Mexico · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "0811.90", origin: "Mexico") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.