Importers of HS 2009.89 (cherry juice) from Brazil actually paid 5.54% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0.4% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 0.5¢/liter. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 0.18% → 5.54%, with the largest single step +33.8pp in 2025-09. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. Collected 5.54% against an HTS base of 0.5¢/liter. Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "2009.89", origin: "Brazil") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 2009.89. The schedule base rate is 0.5¢/liter; importers from Brazil actually paid 5.54% on the dutiable value in 2026-06. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 0.18% (2023-07) → 5.54% (2026-06), largest single step +33.8pp in 2025-09.
Brazil's lower duty (0.4% vs 35.11%) lets it price up to 34.6% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, Brazil actually lands cheaper — $1.27/kg vs $1.45/kg (duty in, freight out).
8 Chapter-99 measures name Brazil; 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 Brazil · the whole tariff ledger · 2 CBP rulings cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "2009.89", origin: "Brazil") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.