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What India actually pays on welt footwear

Importers of HS 6403.91 (welt footwear) from India actually paid 17.57% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 17.57% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 5%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 8.74% → 17.57%, with the largest single step -24.4pp in 2026-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 5% — importers actually paid 17.57%, so the trade-war overlay added 12.6 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "6403.91", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

India paid 17.57% on HS 6403.91 — the schedule says 5% Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 17.57% HTS base 5% — the rulebook floor2023-072024-122026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 6403.91. The schedule base rate is 5%; importers from India actually paid 17.57% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 12.6 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 8.74% (2023-07) → 17.57% (2026-06), largest single step -24.4pp in 2026-03.

Landed cost vs the benchmark

India's lower duty (17.57% vs 25.33%) lets it price up to 6.6% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, India actually lands cheaper — $17.44/kg vs $17.66/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 · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "6403.91", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What India actually pays on welt footwear (HS 6403.91)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/640391/india