Importers of HS 3204.17 (pigment black 1; pigment blue 16, 18; pigment brown 22, 23, ) from India actually paid 15.08% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 15.08% 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% → 15.08%, with the largest single step -28.4pp in 2026-02. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 6.5% — importers actually paid 15.08%, so the trade-war overlay added 8.6 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "3204.17", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 3204.17. The schedule base rate is 6.5%; importers from India actually paid 15.08% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 8.6 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 6.5% (2023-07) → 15.08% (2026-06), largest single step -28.4pp in 2026-02.
India's lower duty (15.08% vs 39.92%) lets it price up to 21.6% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $4.18/kg vs $7.32/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: "3204.17", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.