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What France actually pays on repairs or alterations made pursuant to a warranty
Importers of HS 9802.00 (repairs or alterations made pursuant to a warranty) from France actually paid 2.25% on the taxed portion of the value in 2026-06 — 1.76% across everything shipped, taxed or not. Measured from official duty receipts, not the rulebook: the statutory MFN base rate on this code is A duty upon the value of the repairs or alterations (see U.S. note 3 of this subchapter). Over the window the rate on the taxed portion moved 0% → 2.25%, with the largest single step -12.7pp in 2025-10. Measured from official US duty receipts · as-of 2026-06 · confidence: measured, not modelled. Collected 2.25% against an HTS base of A duty upon the value of the repairs or alterations (see U.S. note 3 of this subchapter). Reproduce exactly: tariff_story(hs: "9802.00", origin: "France") · see it at trimtabist.com/tariffs
HS 9802.00. The schedule base rate is
A duty upon the value of the repairs or alterations (see U.S. note 3 of this subchapter); importers from France actually paid 2.25% on the
dutiable value in 2026-06. Measured, not modelled.
Over the window the collected rate moved 0% (2023-07) → 2.25% (2026-06), largest single step -12.7pp in 2025-10.
Landed cost vs the benchmark
France's lower duty (1.76% vs 4.54%) lets it price up to 2.7% above China at the factory and still match on duty-inclusive customs cost. But on the LATEST measured prices, China actually lands cheaper — $1.16/kg vs $4.72/kg (duty in, freight out).
The trade-war measures that name France or this sector
15 Chapter-99 measures name France; 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 Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.10 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.13 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.16 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.19 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.22 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.25 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.28 · Federal Register citation+25%
Notice of Determination and Action Pursuant to Section 301: Enforcement of U.S. WTO Rights in Large Civil Airc measure 9903.89.31 · Federal Register citation+25%
In print: “What France actually pays on repairs or alterations made pursuant to a warranty (HS 9802.00)” —
Trimtab US Trade Ledger (TT-010 Duty receipts), US Census imports-for-consumption records — trimtabist.com/tariff/980200/france