Importers of HS 7308.20 (towers and lattice masts) from Germany actually paid 0.07% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0.07% 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% → 0.07%, with the largest single step -49.4pp in 2025-12. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is Free — importers actually paid 0.07%, so the trade-war overlay added 0.1 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "7308.20", origin: "Germany") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 7308.20. The schedule base rate is Free; importers from Germany actually paid 0.07% 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 % (2023-07) → 0.07% (2026-06), largest single step -49.4pp in 2025-12.
Germany's lower duty (0.07% vs 75%) lets it price up to 74.9% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $3.17/kg vs $10.09/kg (duty in, freight out).
15 Chapter-99 measures name Germany; 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 Germany · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "7308.20", origin: "Germany") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.