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What Vietnam actually pays on bars and rods

Importers of HS 7407.10 (bars and rods) from Vietnam actually paid 50.51% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 50.51% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 1%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 1% → 50.51%, with the largest single step +48.2pp in 2025-08. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 1% — importers actually paid 50.51%, so the trade-war overlay added 49.5 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "7407.10", origin: "Vietnam") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

Vietnam paid 50.51% on HS 7407.10 — the schedule says 1% Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 50.51% HTS base 1% — the rulebook floor2023-072025-052026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 7407.10. The schedule base rate is 1%; importers from Vietnam actually paid 50.51% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 49.5 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 1% (2023-07) → 50.51% (2026-06), largest single step +48.2pp in 2025-08.

Landed cost vs the benchmark

Vietnam's lower duty (50.51% vs 77.44%) lets it price up to 17.9% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, Vietnam actually lands cheaper — $20.95/kg vs $42.41/kg (duty in, freight out).

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All goods from Vietnam · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "7407.10", origin: "Vietnam") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What Vietnam actually pays on bars and rods (HS 7407.10)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/740710/vietnam