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What France actually pays on of gelatin
Importers of HS 2106.90 (of gelatin) from France actually paid 16.19% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 16.17% 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 14.88% → 16.19%, with the largest single step -9.2pp in 2023-09. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 4.8% — importers actually paid 16.19%, so the trade-war overlay added 11.4 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "2106.90", origin: "France") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 2106.90. The schedule base rate is
4.8%; importers from France actually paid 16.19% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 11.4 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 14.88% (2023-07) → 16.19% (2026-06), largest single step -9.2pp in 2023-09.
Landed cost vs the benchmark
France's lower duty (16.17% vs 24.34%) lets it price up to 7% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $4.69/kg vs $6.91/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 of gelatin (HS 2106.90)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/210690/france