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What Indonesia actually pays on welt footwear

Importers of HS 6403.91 (welt footwear) from Indonesia actually paid 18.8% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 18.67% 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 9% → 18.8%, with the largest single step +6.9pp in 2025-09. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 5% — importers actually paid 18.8%, so the trade-war overlay added 13.8 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "6403.91", origin: "Indonesia") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

Indonesia paid 18.8% on HS 6403.91 — the schedule says 5% Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 18.8% 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 Indonesia actually paid 18.8% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 13.8 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 9% (2023-07) → 18.8% (2026-06), largest single step +6.9pp in 2025-09.

Landed cost vs the benchmark

Indonesia's lower duty (18.67% vs 25.33%) lets it price up to 5.6% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $17.66/kg vs $19.77/kg (duty in, freight out).

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All goods from Indonesia · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "6403.91", origin: "Indonesia") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What Indonesia 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/indonesia