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What India actually pays on HS 1211.90

Importers of HS 1211.90 (other) from India actually paid 10.03% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 9.91% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 4.8%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 4.8% → 10.03%, with the largest single step +20.5pp in 2025-10. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 4.8% — importers actually paid 10.03%, so the trade-war overlay added 5.2 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "1211.90", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

India paid 10.03% on HS 1211.90 — the schedule says 4.8% Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 10.03% HTS base 4.8% — the rulebook floor2023-072025-012026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 1211.90. The schedule base rate is 4.8%; importers from India actually paid 10.03% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 5.2 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 4.8% (2023-07) → 10.03% (2026-06), largest single step +20.5pp in 2025-10.

Landed cost vs the benchmark

India's lower duty (9.91% vs 35.1%) lets it price up to 22.9% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, India actually lands cheaper — $5.06/kg vs $8.62/kg (duty in, freight out).

The trade-war measures that name India or this sector

7 Chapter-99 measures name India; 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.

9903.01.56
measure 9903.01.56
+27%
9903.01.55
measure 9903.01.55
+26%
Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of India Pursuant to the President's Executive Order
measure 9903.01.84 · Federal Register citation
+25%
9903.02.26
measure 9903.02.26
+25%
9903.02.27
measure 9903.02.27
+19%
9903.05.44
measure 9903.05.44
+10%
9903.05.45
measure 9903.05.45
+10%

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All goods from India · the whole tariff ledger · 1 CBP ruling cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "1211.90", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What India actually pays on HS 1211.90 (HS 1211.90)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/121190/india