Importers of HS 8528.69 (incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus) from Japan actually paid 10% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 9.39% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 3.9%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 5% → 10%, with the largest single step +5pp in 2025-04. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 3.9% — importers actually paid 10%, so the trade-war overlay added 6.1 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8528.69", origin: "Japan") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8528.69. The schedule base rate is 3.9%; importers from Japan actually paid 10% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 6.1 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 5% (2023-07) → 10% (2026-06), largest single step +5pp in 2025-04.
Japan's lower duty (9.39% vs 17.82%) lets it price up to 7.7% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $5.44/kg vs $189.49/kg (duty in, freight out).
14 Chapter-99 measures name Japan; 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 Japan · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8528.69", origin: "Japan") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.