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What India actually pays on toilet linen and kitchen linen, of terry toweling or similar

Importers of HS 6302.60 (toilet linen and kitchen linen, of terry toweling or similar) from India actually paid 19.08% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 19.06% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 9.1%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 9.1% → 19.08%, with the largest single step -21pp in 2026-02. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 9.1% — importers actually paid 19.08%, so the trade-war overlay added 10 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "6302.60", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

India paid 19.08% on HS 6302.60 — the schedule says 9.1% Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 19.08% HTS base 9.1% — the rulebook floor2023-072024-122026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 6302.60. The schedule base rate is 9.1%; importers from India actually paid 19.08% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 10 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 9.1% (2023-07) → 19.08% (2026-06), largest single step -21pp in 2026-02.

Landed cost vs the benchmark

India's lower duty (19.06% vs 26.57%) lets it price up to 6.3% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, India actually lands cheaper — $5.42/kg vs $8.58/kg (duty in, freight out).

The trade-war measures that name India or this sector

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.

9903.01.56
measure 9903.01.56
+27%
9903.01.55
measure 9903.01.55
+26%
Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of India Pursuant to the President's Executive Order
measure 9903.01.84 · Federal Register citation
+25%
9903.02.26
measure 9903.02.26
+25%
9903.02.27
measure 9903.02.27
+19%
9903.05.44
measure 9903.05.44
+10%
9903.05.45
measure 9903.05.45
+10%

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All goods from India · the whole tariff ledger · 8 CBP rulings cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "6302.60", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What India actually pays on toilet linen and kitchen linen, of terry toweling or similar (HS 6302.60)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/630260/india