Importers of HS 8516.60 (other) from Vietnam actually paid 22.61% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 22.61% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 2.7%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 2.71% → 22.61%, with the largest single step -8.7pp in 2026-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 2.7% — importers actually paid 22.61%, so the trade-war overlay added 19.9 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8516.60", origin: "Vietnam") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8516.60. The schedule base rate is 2.7%; importers from Vietnam actually paid 22.61% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 19.9 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 2.71% (2023-07) → 22.61% (2026-06), largest single step -8.7pp in 2026-03.
Vietnam's lower duty (22.61% vs 35.99%) lets it price up to 10.9% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, Vietnam actually lands cheaper — $5.35/kg vs $5.9/kg (duty in, freight out).
2 Chapter-99 measures name Vietnam; 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 Vietnam · the whole tariff ledger · 7 CBP rulings cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8516.60", origin: "Vietnam") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.