Importers of HS 0902.20 (flavored) from Japan actually paid 5.83% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0.11% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 6.4%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 6.4% → 5.83%, with the largest single step -6.4pp in 2023-09. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 6.4% — importers actually paid 5.83%, so the trade-war overlay added -0.6 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "0902.20", origin: "Japan") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 0902.20. The schedule base rate is 6.4%; importers from Japan actually paid 5.83% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added -0.6 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 6.4% (2023-07) → 5.83% (2026-06), largest single step -6.4pp in 2023-09.
Japan's lower duty (0.11% vs 7.86%) lets it price up to 7.7% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $6.19/kg vs $38.38/kg (duty in, freight out).
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.
All goods from Japan · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "0902.20", origin: "Japan") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.