Importers of HS 8482.20 (tapered roller bearings, including cone and tapered roller a) from India actually paid 28.01% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 27.99% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 5.8%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 5.8% → 28.01%, with the largest single step +17.4pp in 2025-09. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 5.8% — importers actually paid 28.01%, so the trade-war overlay added 22.2 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8482.20", origin: "India") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8482.20. The schedule base rate is 5.8%; importers from India actually paid 28.01% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 22.2 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 5.8% (2023-07) → 28.01% (2026-06), largest single step +17.4pp in 2025-09.
India's lower duty (27.99% vs 46.53%) lets it price up to 14.5% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $5.49/kg vs $8.61/kg (duty in, freight out).
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.
All goods from India · the whole tariff ledger · 1 CBP ruling cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8482.20", origin: "India") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.