Importers of HS 8509.40 (food grinders, processors and mixers; fruit or vegetable jui) from Indonesia actually paid 13.35% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 13.35% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 4.2%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 4.2% → 13.35%, with the largest single step +8.5pp in 2025-05. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 4.2% — importers actually paid 13.35%, so the trade-war overlay added 9.1 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8509.40", origin: "Indonesia") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8509.40. The schedule base rate is 4.2%; importers from Indonesia actually paid 13.35% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 9.1 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 4.2% (2023-09) → 13.35% (2026-06), largest single step +8.5pp in 2025-05.
China's lower duty (12.9% vs 13.35%) lets it price up to 0.4% above Indonesia at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, Indonesia actually lands cheaper — $4.16/kg vs $5.28/kg (duty in, freight out).
2 Chapter-99 measures name Indonesia; 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 Indonesia · the whole tariff ledger · 2 CBP rulings cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8509.40", origin: "Indonesia") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.