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What India actually pays on benzene

Importers of HS 2902.20 (benzene) from India actually paid 3.38% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 3.38% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is Free. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved null% → 3.38%, with the largest single step +3.4pp in 2026-06. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is Free — importers actually paid 3.38%, so the trade-war overlay added 3.4 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "2902.20", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

HS 2902.20. The schedule base rate is Free; importers from India actually paid 3.38% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 3.4 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved % (2023-07) → 3.38% (2026-06), largest single step +3.4pp in 2026-06.

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 · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "2902.20", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What India actually pays on benzene (HS 2902.20)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/290220/india