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What Japan actually pays on of gold, including metal clad with gold

Importers of HS 7115.90 (of gold, including metal clad with gold) from Japan actually paid 13.17% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 7.19% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 3.9%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 3.3% → 13.17%, with the largest single step +8.4pp in 2025-04. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 3.9% — importers actually paid 13.17%, so the trade-war overlay added 9.3 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "7115.90", origin: "Japan") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

HS 7115.90. The schedule base rate is 3.9%; importers from Japan actually paid 13.17% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 9.3 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 3.3% (2023-07) → 13.17% (2026-06), largest single step +8.4pp in 2025-04.

The trade-war measures that name Japan or this sector

12 Chapter-99 measures name Japan; 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.

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All goods from Japan · the whole tariff ledger · 9 CBP rulings cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "7115.90", origin: "Japan") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.