3603.60.00

Analysis

HTS 3603.60.00 covers electric detonators under heading 3603 (safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps; igniters; electric…).

This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.08 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 0.2% to 4.2%. The costliest confusion would be with 3603.30.00 (safety fuses; detonating cords; percussion or detonating caps…) at 4.2%, a difference of 4 points on the customs value.

The general duty rate is 0.2% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 36 (34th percentile of 16 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $20 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332993 (Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing), an industry of 60 US establishments employing 15,596 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.