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What South Korea actually pays on numerically controlled

Importers of HS 8462.42 (numerically controlled) from Korea, South actually paid 0.27% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 0.27% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 4.4%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved null% → 0.27%, with the largest single step +10pp in 2026-04. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 4.4% — importers actually paid 0.27%, so the trade-war overlay added -4.1 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8462.42", origin: "Korea, South") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

South Korea paid 0.27% on HS 8462.42 — the schedule says 4.4% Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 0.27% HTS base 4.4% — the rulebook floor2024-012025-032026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 8462.42. The schedule base rate is 4.4%; importers from South Korea actually paid 0.27% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added -4.1 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved % (2023-07) → 0.27% (2026-06), largest single step +10pp in 2026-04.

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All goods from South Korea · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8462.42", origin: "South Korea") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What South Korea actually pays on numerically controlled (HS 8462.42)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/846242/south-korea