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What Mexico actually pays on HS 8708.91
Importers of HS 8708.91 (other) from Mexico actually paid 15.98% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 5.64% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 2.5%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 2.5% → 15.98%, with the largest single step +23.1pp in 2025-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 2.5% — importers actually paid 15.98%, so the trade-war overlay added 13.5 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8708.91", origin: "Mexico") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8708.91. The schedule base rate is
2.5%; importers from Mexico actually paid 15.98% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 13.5 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 2.5% (2023-07) → 15.98% (2026-06), largest single step +23.1pp in 2025-03.
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 HS 8708.91 (HS 8708.91)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/870891/mexico