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What India actually pays on containing by weight more than 2 percent but not more than 4
Importers of HS 7202.11 (containing by weight more than 2 percent but not more than 4) from India actually paid 1.53% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 1.53% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 1.4%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 1.5% → 1.53%. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 1.4% — importers actually paid 1.53%, so the trade-war overlay added 0.1 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "7202.11", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 7202.11. The schedule base rate is
1.4%; importers from India actually paid 1.53% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 0.1 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 1.5% (2023-07) → 1.53% (2026-06), largest single step +1.5pp in 2026-02.
The trade-war measures that name India or this sector
15 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.
Implementation of Duties on Aluminum Pursuant to Proclamation 10895 Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the Uni measure 9903.85.67 · Federal Register citation+200%
Procedures for Submissions by Certain Steel and Aluminum Producers Committing to New U.S. Steel or Aluminum… measure 9903.82.02 · Federal Register citation+50%
9903.82.14 measure 9903.82.14+50%
9903.01.56 measure 9903.01.56+27%
9903.01.55 measure 9903.01.55+26%
Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of India Pursuant to the President's Executive Order measure 9903.01.84 · Federal Register citation+25%
9903.02.26 measure 9903.02.26+25%
Procedures for Submissions by Certain Steel and Aluminum Producers Committing to New U.S. Steel or Aluminum… measure 9903.82.04 · Federal Register citation+25%
In print: “What India actually pays on containing by weight more than 2 percent but not more than 4 (HS 7202.11)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/720211/india