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What China actually pays on HS 2930.90
Importers of HS 2930.90 (other) from China actually paid 27.66% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 26.11% 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 14.2% → 27.66%, with the largest single step -10.2pp in 2026-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 6.5% — importers actually paid 27.66%, so the trade-war overlay added 21.2 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "2930.90", origin: "China") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 2930.90. The schedule base rate is
6.5%; importers from China actually paid 27.66% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 21.2 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 14.2% (2023-07) → 27.66% (2026-06), largest single step -10.2pp in 2026-03.
The trade-war measures that name China or this sector
15 Chapter-99 measures name China; 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 Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.03 · Federal Register citation+100%
Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.08 · Federal Register citation+100%
Notice of Modification and Proposed Modification of Section 301 Action: China's Targeting of the Maritime, Log measure 9903.91.14 · Federal Register citation+100%
Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.02 · Federal Register citation+50%
Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.05 · Federal Register citation+50%
Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.07 · Federal Register citation+50%
9903.01.64 measure 9903.01.64+35%
Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of the People's Republic of China Pursuant to the… measure 9903.01.63 · Federal Register citation+34%
In print: “What China actually pays on HS 2930.90 (HS 2930.90)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/293090/china