Importers of HS 7607.20 (covered or decorated with a character, design, fancy effect ) from Germany actually paid 51.34% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 45.51% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 3.7%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 5.5% → 51.34%, with the largest single step +22.2pp in 2025-08. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 3.7% — importers actually paid 51.34%, so the trade-war overlay added 47.6 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "7607.20", origin: "Germany") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 7607.20. The schedule base rate is 3.7%; importers from Germany actually paid 51.34% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 47.6 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 5.5% (2023-07) → 51.34% (2026-06), largest single step +22.2pp in 2025-08.
Germany's lower duty (45.51% vs 59.08%) lets it price up to 9.3% 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 $15.34/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 · 10 CBP rulings cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "7607.20", origin: "Germany") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.