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What Italy actually pays on automatic circuit breakers

Importers of HS 8536.20 (automatic circuit breakers) from Italy actually paid 12.69% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 12.65% 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 2.7% → 12.69%, with the largest single step +5.1pp in 2025-04. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 2.7% — importers actually paid 12.69%, so the trade-war overlay added 10 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8536.20", origin: "Italy") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs

Italy paid 12.69% on HS 8536.20 — the schedule says 2.7% Collected rate on the taxed value — measured from US duty receipts, not the rulebook 12.69% HTS base 2.7% — the rulebook floor2023-072024-122026-06 Measured · as-of 2026-06 · Trimtab US Tariffs & Trade Ledger · trimtabist.com

HS 8536.20. The schedule base rate is 2.7%; importers from Italy actually paid 12.69% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 10 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.

Over the window the collected rate moved 2.7% (2023-07) → 12.69% (2026-06), largest single step +5.1pp in 2025-04.

Landed cost vs the benchmark

Italy's lower duty (12.65% vs 37.68%) lets it price up to 22.2% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $18.89/kg vs $23.22/kg (duty in, freight out).

The trade-war measures that name Italy or this sector

15 Chapter-99 measures name Italy; 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 India Pursuant to the President's Executive Order
measure 9903.01.84 · Federal Register citation +25%
9903.79.01
measure 9903.79.01 +25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc
measure 9903.89.10 · Federal Register citation +25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc
measure 9903.89.13 · Federal Register citation +25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc
measure 9903.89.16 · Federal Register citation +25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc
measure 9903.89.19 · Federal Register citation +25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc
measure 9903.89.22 · Federal Register citation +25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc
measure 9903.89.25 · Federal Register citation +25%

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All goods from Italy · the whole tariff ledger · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8536.20", origin: "Italy") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.

In print: “What Italy actually pays on automatic circuit breakers (HS 8536.20)” — Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/853620/italy