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What India actually pays on n,n-dimethylaniline

Importers of HS 2921.42 (n,n-dimethylaniline) from India actually paid 0.44% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0.44% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 6.5%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 6.5% → 0.44%, with the largest single step +49.9pp in 2025-10. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 6.5% — importers actually paid 0.44%, so the trade-war overlay added -6.1 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "2921.42", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

India paid 0.44% on HS 2921.42 — the schedule says 6.5% Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 0.44% HTS base 6.5% — the rulebook floor2023-072024-122026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 2921.42. The schedule base rate is 6.5%; importers from India actually paid 0.44% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added -6.1 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 6.5% (2023-07) → 0.44% (2026-06), largest single step +49.9pp in 2025-10.

Landed cost vs the benchmark

India's lower duty (0.44% vs 25.45%) lets it price up to 24.9% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, India actually lands cheaper — $3.29/kg vs $58.71/kg (duty in, freight out).

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: "2921.42", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What India actually pays on n,n-dimethylaniline (HS 2921.42)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/292142/india