Importers of HS 8543.40 (electronic cigarettes and similar personal electric vaporizi) from Indonesia actually paid 12.6% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 12.6% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 2.6%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved null% → 12.6%, with the largest single step +9.3pp in 2025-05. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 2.6% — importers actually paid 12.6%, so the trade-war overlay added 10 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8543.40", origin: "Indonesia") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8543.40. The schedule base rate is 2.6%; importers from Indonesia actually paid 12.6% 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 % (2023-07) → 12.6% (2026-06), largest single step +9.3pp in 2025-05.
Indonesia's lower duty (12.6% vs 37.6%) 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 — $23.64/kg vs $73.75/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 · 1 CBP ruling cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8543.40", origin: "Indonesia") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.