Importers of HS 2931.90 (other) from India actually paid 5.65% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 5.18% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 3.7%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 3.7% → 5.65%, with the largest single step +56.5pp in 2025-10. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 3.7% — importers actually paid 5.65%, so the trade-war overlay added 2 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "2931.90", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 2931.90. The schedule base rate is 3.7%; importers from India actually paid 5.65% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 2 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 3.7% (2023-07) → 5.65% (2026-06), largest single step +56.5pp in 2025-10.
India's lower duty (5.18% vs 17.04%) lets it price up to 11.3% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $2.04/kg vs $6.1/kg (duty in, freight out).
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.
All goods from India · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "2931.90", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.