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What Mexico actually pays on g.v.w. not exceeding 5 metric tons
Importers of HS 8704.21 (g.v.w. not exceeding 5 metric tons) from Mexico actually paid 6.22% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 6.2% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 25%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved null% → 6.22%, with the largest single step +25pp in 2023-08. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 25% — importers actually paid 6.22%, so the trade-war overlay added -18.8 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8704.21", origin: "Mexico") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8704.21. The schedule base rate is
25%; importers from Mexico actually paid 6.22% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added -18.8 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved % (2023-07) → 6.22% (2026-06), largest single step +25pp in 2023-08.
The trade-war measures that name Mexico or this sector
15 Chapter-99 measures name Mexico; 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 Canada Pursuant to the President's Executive Orde measure 9903.01.10 · Federal Register citation+35%
Notice of Implementation of Additional Duties on Products of Mexico Pursuant to the President's Executive Orde measure 9903.01.01 · Federal Register citation+25%
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%
9903.40.05 measure 9903.40.05+25%
9903.40.10 measure 9903.40.10+25%
Amending the Procedures To Administer Import Adjustment Offset Amounts for Certain Imports of Automobile Parts measure 9903.74.08 · Federal Register citation+25%
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal measure 9903.76.02 · Federal Register citation+25%
Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of the U.S.-Korea Strategic Trade and Investment Deal measure 9903.76.03 · Federal Register citation+25%
In print: “What Mexico actually pays on g.v.w. not exceeding 5 metric tons (HS 8704.21)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/870421/mexico