Analysis
HTS 3925.20.00 covers doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors under heading 3925 (builders' ware of plastics, not elsewhere specified or included). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items and kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from 3.3% to 6.3%. The costliest confusion would be with 3925.30.10 (blinds (including venetian blinds)) at 3.3%, a difference of 2 points on the customs value.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 5.3%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 80%, 15.1 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 5.3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 39 (51st percentile of 236 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $530 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3925.10.00 | Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of a capacity exceeding 300 liters | 6.3% |
| 3925.30.10 | Blinds (including venetian blinds) | 3.3% |
| 3925.30.50 | Shutters, blinds (including venetian blinds) and similar articles and parts thereof: other | 5.3% |
| 3925.90.00 | Builders' ware of plastics, not elsewhere specified or included: other | 5.3% |