Analysis
HTS 3925.30.10 covers blinds (including venetian blinds) under heading 3925 (builders' ware of plastics, not elsewhere specified or included).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 5.3% to 6.3%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 3925.10.00 (reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of a capacity…), at 6.3%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3.3% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 39 (24th percentile of 236 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $330 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 3.3%. 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 25%, 7.6 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3925.10.00 | Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of a capacity exceeding 300 liters | 6.3% |
| 3925.20.00 | Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | 5.3% |
| 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% |