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What Italy actually pays on overcoats, carcoats, capes, cloaks and similar coats:
Importers of HS 6202.20 (overcoats, carcoats, capes, cloaks and similar coats:) from Italy actually paid 22.28% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 22.27% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 41¢/kg + 16.3%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 16.39% → 22.28%, with the largest single step +6.5pp in 2026-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. Collected 22.28% against an HTS base of 41¢/kg + 16.3%. Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "6202.20", origin: "Italy") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 6202.20. The schedule base rate is
41¢/kg + 16.3%; importers from Italy actually paid 22.28% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 16.39% (2023-07) → 22.28% (2026-06), largest single step +6.5pp in 2026-03.
Landed cost vs the benchmark
Italy's lower duty (22.27% vs 24.69%) lets it price up to 2% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $19.5/kg vs $348.41/kg (duty in, freight out).
The trade-war measures that name Italy or this sector
15 Chapter-99 measures name Italy; 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.
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%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.31 · Federal Register citation+25%
In print: “What Italy actually pays on overcoats, carcoats, capes, cloaks and similar coats: (HS 6202.20)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/620220/italy