Importers of HS 8712.00 (bicycles having both wheels not exceeding 63.5 cm in diamete) from Taiwan actually paid 18.31% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 18.26% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is 11%. Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 8.96% → 18.31%, with the largest single step -6.4pp in 2026-03. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. The HTS base rate is 11% — importers actually paid 18.31%, so the trade-war overlay added 7.3 pts, measured at the border (not a summed rulebook estimate). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "8712.00", origin: "Taiwan") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 8712.00. The schedule base rate is 11%; importers from Taiwan actually paid 18.31% on the dutiable value in 2026-06 — the trade-war overlay added 7.3 points, measured at the border. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 8.96% (2023-07) → 18.31% (2026-06), largest single step -6.4pp in 2026-03.
Taiwan's lower duty (18.26% vs 44.52%) 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 — $3.63/kg vs $20.01/kg (duty in, freight out).
15 Chapter-99 measures name Taiwan; 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 Taiwan · the whole tariff ledger · 1 CBP ruling cite this code · reproduce: tariff_story(hs: "8712.00", origin: "Taiwan") via /connect. Not customs or legal advice.