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What Mexico actually pays on having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kva but not ex

Importers of HS 8504.33 (having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kva but not ex) from Mexico actually paid 24.5% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 24.09% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 1.6%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 1.6% → 24.5%, with the largest single step +31.2pp in 2025-08. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 1.6% — importers actually paid 24.5%, so the trade-war overlay added 22.9 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8504.33", origin: "Mexico") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

Mexico paid 24.5% on HS 8504.33 — the schedule says 1.6% Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 24.5% HTS base 1.6% — the rulebook floor2023-072024-122026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 8504.33. The schedule base rate is 1.6%; importers from Mexico actually paid 24.5% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 22.9 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 1.6% (2023-07) → 24.5% (2026-06), largest single step +31.2pp in 2025-08.

The trade-war measures that name Mexico or this sector

7 Chapter-99 measures name Mexico; 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.

Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Canada Pursuant to the President's Executive Orde
measure 9903.01.10 · Federal Register citation
+35%
Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Mexico Pursuant to the President's Executive Orde
measure 9903.01.01 · Federal Register citation
+25%
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%
9903.79.01
measure 9903.79.01
+25%
9903.05.56
measure 9903.05.56
+12.5%
Amendment to Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Mexico Pursuant to the President's…
measure 9903.01.05 · Federal Register citation
+10%
9903.05.55
measure 9903.05.55
+10%

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All goods from Mexico · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8504.33", origin: "Mexico") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What Mexico actually pays on having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kva but not ex (HS 8504.33)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/850433/mexico