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What India actually pays on HS 8412.90

Importers of HS 8412.90 (other) from India actually paid 10.32% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 8.47% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is Free. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved null% → 10.32%, with the largest single step +24.9pp in 2025-10. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is Free — importers actually paid 10.32%, so the trade-war overlay added 10.3 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8412.90", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

India paid 10.32% on HS 8412.90 — the schedule says Free Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 10.32% HTS base Free — the rulebook floor2025-042025-112026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 8412.90. The schedule base rate is Free; importers from India actually paid 10.32% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 10.3 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved % (2023-07) → 10.32% (2026-06), largest single step +24.9pp in 2025-10.

Landed cost vs the benchmark

India's lower duty (8.47% vs 34.34%) lets it price up to 23.8% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $5.55/kg vs $8.14/kg (duty in, freight out).

The trade-war measures that name India or this sector

7 Chapter-99 measures name India; 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.

9903.01.56
measure 9903.01.56
+27%
9903.01.55
measure 9903.01.55
+26%
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%
9903.02.26
measure 9903.02.26
+25%
9903.02.27
measure 9903.02.27
+19%
9903.05.44
measure 9903.05.44
+10%
9903.05.45
measure 9903.05.45
+10%

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All goods from India · the whole tariff ledger · 3 CBP rulings cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8412.90", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What India actually pays on HS 8412.90 (HS 8412.90)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/841290/india