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What South Korea actually pays on h sections
Importers of HS 7216.33 (h sections) from Korea, South actually paid 50% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 50% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is Free. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved null% → 50%, with the largest single step +25pp in 2025-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is Free — importers actually paid 50%, so the trade-war overlay added 50 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "7216.33", origin: "Korea, South") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 7216.33. The schedule base rate is
Free; importers from South Korea actually paid 50% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 50 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved % (2023-07) → 50% (2026-06), largest single step +25pp in 2025-03.
The trade-war measures that name South Korea or this sector
15 Chapter-99 measures name Korea, South; 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%
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%
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%
9903.82.09 measure 9903.82.09+25%
9903.82.12 measure 9903.82.12+25%
Procedures for Submissions by Certain Steel and Aluminum Producers Committing to New U.S. Steel or Aluminum… measure 9903.82.17 · Federal Register citation+25%
In print: “What South Korea actually pays on h sections (HS 7216.33)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/721633/south-korea