Importers of HS 7116.20 (valued not over $40 per piece) from India actually paid 12.4% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 12.34% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 3.3%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 4.36% → 12.4%, with the largest single step -18.1pp in 2026-02. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 3.3% — importers actually paid 12.4%, so the trade-war overlay added 9.1 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "7116.20", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 7116.20. The schedule base rate is 3.3%; importers from India actually paid 12.4% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 9.1 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 4.36% (2023-07) → 12.4% (2026-06), largest single step -18.1pp in 2026-02.
India's lower duty (12.34% vs 14.26%) lets it price up to 1.7% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, India actually lands cheaper — $8.73/kg vs $55.79/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 · 6 CBP rulings cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "7116.20", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.