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What United Kingdom actually pays on of a kind used in the automotive goods of chapter 87
Importers of HS 4016.93 (of a kind used in the automotive goods of chapter 87) from United Kingdom actually paid 11.49% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 9.36% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 2.5%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 2.5% → 11.49%, with the largest single step +6pp in 2025-04. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 2.5% — importers actually paid 11.49%, so the trade-war overlay added 9 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "4016.93", origin: "United Kingdom") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 4016.93. The schedule base rate is
2.5%; importers from United Kingdom actually paid 11.49% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 9 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 2.5% (2023-07) → 11.49% (2026-06), largest single step +6pp in 2025-04.
Landed cost vs the benchmark
United Kingdom's lower duty (9.36% vs 37.02%) lets it price up to 25.3% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $11.24/kg vs $17.68/kg (duty in, freight out).
The trade-war measures that name United Kingdom or this sector
15 Chapter-99 measures name United Kingdom; 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.
Procedures for Submissions by Certain Steel and Aluminum Producers Committing to New U.S. Steel or Aluminum… measure 9903.82.04 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.10 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.13 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.16 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.19 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.22 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.25 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.28 · Federal Register citation+25%
In print: “What United Kingdom actually pays on of a kind used in the automotive goods of chapter 87 (HS 4016.93)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/401693/united-kingdom