Importers of HS 6302.51 (damask (369)) from India actually paid 15.57% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 15.57% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 6.1%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 5.62% → 15.57%, with the largest single step +22.1pp in 2025-10. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 6.1% — importers actually paid 15.57%, so the trade-war overlay added 9.5 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "6302.51", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 6302.51. The schedule base rate is 6.1%; importers from India actually paid 15.57% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 9.5 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 5.62% (2023-07) → 15.57% (2026-06), largest single step +22.1pp in 2025-10.
India's lower duty (15.57% vs 22.19%) lets it price up to 5.7% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $4.89/kg vs $7.08/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: "6302.51", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.