Importers of HS 8536.41 (for a voltage not exceeding 60 v) from Japan actually paid 9.33% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 9.31% 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% → 9.33%, with the largest single step +4.1pp in 2025-05. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 2.7% — importers actually paid 9.33%, so the trade-war overlay added 6.6 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8536.41", origin: "Japan") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8536.41. The schedule base rate is 2.7%; importers from Japan actually paid 9.33% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 6.6 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 2.7% (2023-07) → 9.33% (2026-06), largest single step +4.1pp in 2025-05.
Japan's lower duty (9.31% vs 37.72%) lets it price up to 26% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $33.47/kg vs $41.53/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: "8536.41", origin: "Japan") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.