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What China actually pays on not over 10 mm in diameter
Importers of HS 7315.82 (not over 10 mm in diameter) from China actually paid 36.21% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 36.12% 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 24.98% → 36.21%, with the largest single step -38.7pp in 2026-06. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is Free — importers actually paid 36.21%, so the trade-war overlay added 36.2 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "7315.82", origin: "China") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 7315.82. The schedule base rate is
Free; importers from China actually paid 36.21% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 36.2 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 24.98% (2023-07) → 36.21% (2026-06), largest single step -38.7pp in 2026-06.
The trade-war measures that name China or this sector
15 Chapter-99 measures name China; 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%
Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.03 · Federal Register citation+100%
Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.08 · Federal Register citation+100%
Notice of Modification and Proposed Modification of Section 301 Action: China's Targeting of the Maritime, Log measure 9903.91.14 · Federal Register citation+100%
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 Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.02 · Federal Register citation+50%
Notice of Modification: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Prop measure 9903.91.05 · Federal Register citation+50%
In print: “What China actually pays on not over 10 mm in diameter (HS 7315.82)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/731582/china