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What Italy actually pays on welt footwear
Importers of HS 6403.91 (welt footwear) from Italy actually paid 19.25% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 19.24% 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 9.49% → 19.25%, with the largest single step +5.6pp in 2025-05. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 5% — importers actually paid 19.25%, so the trade-war overlay added 14.3 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "6403.91", origin: "Italy") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 6403.91. The schedule base rate is
5%; importers from Italy actually paid 19.25% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 14.3 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 9.49% (2023-07) → 19.25% (2026-06), largest single step +5.6pp in 2025-05.
Landed cost vs the benchmark
Italy's lower duty (19.24% vs 25.33%) lets it price up to 5.1% 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 $40.21/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 welt footwear (HS 6403.91)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/640391/italy