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What Brazil actually pays on to be used in products other than cigarettes

Importers of HS 2401.20 (to be used in products other than cigarettes) from Brazil actually paid 14.3% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 14.3% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 40.9¢/kg. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 5.23% → 14.3%, with the largest single step +27.8pp in 2025-11. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. Collected 14.3% against an HTS base of 40.9¢/kg. Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "2401.20", origin: "Brazil") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

Brazil paid 14.3% on HS 2401.20 Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 14.3% 2023-072024-122026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 2401.20. The schedule base rate is 40.9¢/kg; importers from Brazil actually paid 14.3% on the dutiable value in 2026-06. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 5.23% (2023-07) → 14.3% (2026-06), largest single step +27.8pp in 2025-11.

The trade-war measures that name Brazil or this sector

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.

9903.01.77
measure 9903.01.77
+40%
Adoption and Procedures of the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Inclusions Process
measure 9903.02.01 · Federal Register citation
+40%
9903.02.10
measure 9903.02.10
+25%
9903.05.01
measure 9903.05.01
+25%
9903.05.20
measure 9903.05.20
+12.5%
9903.05.27
measure 9903.05.27
+12.5%
9903.02.09
measure 9903.02.09
+10%
9903.05.28
measure 9903.05.28
+10%

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All goods from Brazil · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "2401.20", origin: "Brazil") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What Brazil actually pays on to be used in products other than cigarettes (HS 2401.20)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/240120/brazil