Importers of HS 3503.00 (other) from Brazil actually paid 14.29% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 14.29% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 2.8¢/kg + 3.8%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 4.14% → 14.29%, with the largest single step -41.1pp in 2026-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. Collected 14.29% against an HTS base of 2.8¢/kg + 3.8%. Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "3503.00", origin: "Brazil") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 3503.00. The schedule base rate is 2.8¢/kg + 3.8%; importers from Brazil actually paid 14.29% on the dutiable value in 2026-06. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 4.14% (2023-07) → 14.29% (2026-06), largest single step -41.1pp in 2026-03.
Brazil's lower duty (14.29% vs 19.22%) lets it price up to 4.3% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $3.93/kg vs $6.1/kg (duty in, freight out).
8 Chapter-99 measures name Brazil; 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 Brazil · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "3503.00", origin: "Brazil") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.