Importers of HS 8411.99 (other) from Japan actually paid 5.95% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 5.02% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 2.4%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 2.4% → 5.95%, with the largest single step +4.8pp in 2025-04. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 2.4% — importers actually paid 5.95%, so the trade-war overlay added 3.6 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8411.99", origin: "Japan") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8411.99. The schedule base rate is 2.4%; importers from Japan actually paid 5.95% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 3.6 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 2.4% (2023-07) → 5.95% (2026-06), largest single step +4.8pp in 2025-04.
Japan's lower duty (5.02% vs 26.58%) lets it price up to 20.5% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $20.57/kg vs $71.18/kg (duty in, freight out).
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.
All goods from Japan · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8411.99", origin: "Japan") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.