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What France actually pays on guava and mango
Importers of HS 2007.99 (guava and mango) from France actually paid 14.27% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 14.27% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 1.3%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 3.97% → 14.27%, with the largest single step +6.1pp in 2025-05. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 1.3% — importers actually paid 14.27%, so the trade-war overlay added 13 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "2007.99", origin: "France") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 2007.99. The schedule base rate is
1.3%; importers from France actually paid 14.27% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 13 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 3.97% (2023-07) → 14.27% (2026-06), largest single step +6.1pp in 2025-05.
Landed cost vs the benchmark
France's lower duty (14.27% vs 33.83%) lets it price up to 17.1% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $0.88/kg vs $4.1/kg (duty in, freight out).
The trade-war measures that name France or this sector
15 Chapter-99 measures name France; 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.
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.10 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.13 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.16 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.19 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.22 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.25 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.28 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.31 · Federal Register citation+25%
In print: “What France actually pays on guava and mango (HS 2007.99)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/200799/france