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What Japan actually pays on HS 8112.29
Importers of HS 8112.29 (other) from Japan actually paid 3% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 3% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 3%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 3% → 3%, with the largest single step -3pp in 2023-08. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 3% — importers actually paid 3%, so the trade-war overlay added 0 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8112.29", origin: "Japan") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8112.29. The schedule base rate is
3%; importers from Japan actually paid 3% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 0 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 3% (2023-07) → 3% (2026-06), largest single step -3pp in 2023-08.
The trade-war measures that name Japan or this sector
12 Chapter-99 measures name Japan; 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.
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the United States-Japan Agreement measure 9903.02.30 · Federal Register citation+15%
9903.02.31 measure 9903.02.31+15%
Adoption and Procedures of the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Inclusions Process measure 9903.02.71 · Federal Register citation+15%
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the United States-Japan Agreement measure 9903.02.73 · Federal Register citation+15%
9903.04.62 measure 9903.04.62+15%
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal measure 9903.76.21 · Federal Register citation+15%
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal measure 9903.76.22 · Federal Register citation+15%
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the United States-Japan Agreement measure 9903.94.41 · Federal Register citation+15%
In print: “What Japan actually pays on HS 8112.29 (HS 8112.29)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/811229/japan