Importers of HS 2933.69 (other) from Japan actually paid 3.56% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 1.5% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 3.5%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 3.5% → 3.56%, with the largest single step -10.7pp in 2026-01. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 3.5% — importers actually paid 3.56%, so the trade-war overlay added 0.1 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "2933.69", origin: "Japan") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 2933.69. The schedule base rate is 3.5%; importers from Japan actually paid 3.56% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 0.1 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 3.5% (2023-07) → 3.56% (2026-06), largest single step -10.7pp in 2026-01.
Japan's lower duty (1.5% vs 11.63%) lets it price up to 10% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $1.95/kg vs $3.76/kg (duty in, freight out).
12 Chapter-99 measures name Japan; 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 Japan · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "2933.69", origin: "Japan") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.