Importers of HS 6109.10 (of cotton) from India actually paid 26.4% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 26.39% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 16.5%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 16.5% → 26.4%, with the largest single step -24pp in 2026-02. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 16.5% — importers actually paid 26.4%, so the trade-war overlay added 9.9 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "6109.10", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 6109.10. The schedule base rate is 16.5%; importers from India actually paid 26.4% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 9.9 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 16.5% (2023-07) → 26.4% (2026-06), largest single step -24pp in 2026-02.
India's lower duty (26.39% vs 33.67%) lets it price up to 5.8% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $5.8/kg vs $10.02/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 · 9 CBP rulings cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "6109.10", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.