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What China actually pays on having uppers of which over 50 percent of the external surfa
Importers of HS 6404.11 (having uppers of which over 50 percent of the external surfa) from China actually paid 28.47% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 28.25% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 10.5%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 21.51% → 28.47%, with the largest single step -15.2pp in 2025-06. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 10.5% — importers actually paid 28.47%, so the trade-war overlay added 18 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "6404.11", origin: "China") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 6404.11. The schedule base rate is
10.5%; importers from China actually paid 28.47% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 18 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 21.51% (2023-07) → 28.47% (2026-06), largest single step -15.2pp in 2025-06.
Landed cost vs the benchmark
China's lower duty (28.25% vs 29.08%) lets it price up to 0.6% above Vietnam at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $15.68/kg vs $26.99/kg (duty in, freight out).
The trade-war measures that name China or this sector
15 Chapter-99 measures name China; 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 Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.03 · Federal Register citation+100%
Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.08 · Federal Register citation+100%
Notice of Modification and Proposed Modification of Section 301 Action: China's Targeting of the Maritime, Log measure 9903.91.14 · Federal Register citation+100%
Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.02 · Federal Register citation+50%
Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.05 · Federal Register citation+50%
Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.07 · Federal Register citation+50%
9903.01.64 measure 9903.01.64+35%
Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of the People's Republic of China Pursuant to the… measure 9903.01.63 · Federal Register citation+34%
In print: “What China actually pays on having uppers of which over 50 percent of the external surfa (HS 6404.11)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/640411/china