Importers of HS 7007.21 (windshields) from Mexico actually paid 7.84% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0.09% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 4.9%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 4.9% → 7.84%, with the largest single step +14.5pp in 2025-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 4.9% — importers actually paid 7.84%, so the trade-war overlay added 2.9 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "7007.21", origin: "Mexico") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 7007.21. The schedule base rate is 4.9%; importers from Mexico actually paid 7.84% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 2.9 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 4.9% (2023-07) → 7.84% (2026-06), largest single step +14.5pp in 2025-03.
Mexico's lower duty (0.09% vs 49.62%) lets it price up to 49.5% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $4.53/kg vs $32.42/kg (duty in, freight out).
5 Chapter-99 measures name Mexico; 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 Mexico · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "7007.21", origin: "Mexico") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.