Importers of HS 6802.99 (other stone) from India actually paid 16.47% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 16.47% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 6.5%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 6.5% → 16.47%, with the largest single step -23.7pp in 2026-02. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 6.5% — importers actually paid 16.47%, so the trade-war overlay added 10 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "6802.99", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 6802.99. The schedule base rate is 6.5%; importers from India actually paid 16.47% 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 6.5% (2023-07) → 16.47% (2026-06), largest single step -23.7pp in 2026-02.
India's lower duty (16.47% vs 32.04%) lets it price up to 13.4% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, India actually lands cheaper — $0.37/kg vs $0.42/kg (duty in, freight out).
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.
All goods from India · the whole tariff ledger · 5 CBP rulings cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "6802.99", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.