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What Mexico actually pays on of uniform cross section throughout its length, the least cr
Importers of HS 7601.20 (of uniform cross section throughout its length, the least cr) from Mexico actually paid 49% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 49% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 2.6%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved null% → 49%, with the largest single step +24.5pp in 2025-06. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 2.6% — importers actually paid 49%, so the trade-war overlay added 46.4 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "7601.20", origin: "Mexico") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 7601.20. The schedule base rate is
2.6%; importers from Mexico actually paid 49% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 46.4 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved % (2023-07) → 49% (2026-06), largest single step +24.5pp in 2025-06.
The trade-war measures that name Mexico or this sector
15 Chapter-99 measures name Mexico; 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%
Implementation of Duties on Aluminum Pursuant to Proclamation 10895 Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the Uni measure 9903.85.68 · Federal Register citation+200%
9903.27.14 measure 9903.27.14+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 Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Canada Pursuant to the President's Executive Orde measure 9903.01.10 · Federal Register citation+35%
Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Mexico Pursuant to the President's Executive Orde measure 9903.01.01 · Federal Register citation+25%
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%
In print: “What Mexico actually pays on of uniform cross section throughout its length, the least cr (HS 7601.20)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/760120/mexico