Analysis
Heading 4010 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanized rubber. It divides into 10 six-digit subheadings and 35 eight-digit tariff lines, with 35 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
The spread of 6.1 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 8%, applies to 4010.12.50 (of a width exceeding 20 cm) and 4010.19.50 (of a width exceeding 20 cm).
None of its 35 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 1.9% to 8% with a median of 3.4%, so the line you choose sets the duty.
The largest subheadings are 4010.39 (other, 7 lines), 4010.19 (other, 5 lines), 4010.35 (endless synchronous belts of an outside…, 5 lines) and 4010.36 (endless synchronous belts of an outside…, 5 lines).
Its median rate of 3.4% sits at the 72nd percentile of the headings in chapter 40.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Rubber and Plastics Hoses and Belting Manufacturing (326220). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4010.11.00 | Reinforced only with metal | 3.3% |
| 4010.12.10 | With textile components in which vegetable fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber | 4.1% |
| 4010.12.50 | Of a width exceeding 20 cm | 8% |
| 4010.12.55 | With textile components in which man-made fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber: other | 6.4% |
| 4010.12.90 | Reinforced only with textile materials: other | 1.9% |
| 4010.19.10 | With textile components in which vegetable fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber | 4.1% |
| 4010.19.50 | Of a width exceeding 20 cm | 8% |
| 4010.19.55 | With textile components in which man-made fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber: other | 6.4% |
| 4010.19.80 | Combined with textile materials: other | 1.9% |
| 4010.19.91 | Other: other | 3.3% |
| 4010.31.30 | Combined with textile materials | 3.4% |
| 4010.31.60 | Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (V-belts),V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 180 cm: other | 2.8% |
| 4010.32.30 | Combined with textile materials | 3.4% |
| 4010.32.60 | Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (V-belts), other than V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 180 cm: other | 2.8% |
| 4010.33.30 | Combined with textile materials | 3.4% |
| 4010.33.60 | Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (V-belts), V-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 180 cm but not exceeding 240 cm: other | 2.8% |
| 4010.34.30 | Combined with textile materials | 3.4% |
| 4010.34.60 | Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross section (V-belts), other thanV-ribbed, of an outside circumference exceeding 180 cm but not exceeding 240 cm: other | 2.8% |
| 4010.35.30 | With textile components in which vegetable fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber | 4.1% |
| 4010.35.41 | Of a width exceeding 20 cm | 8% |
| 4010.35.45 | With textile components in which man-made fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber: other | 6.4% |
| 4010.35.50 | Combined with textile materials: other | 1.9% |
| 4010.35.90 | Endless synchronous belts of an outside circumference exceeding 60 cm but not exceeding 150 cm: other | 3.3% |
| 4010.36.30 | With textile components in which vegetable fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber | 4.1% |
| 4010.36.41 | Of a width exceeding 20 cm | 8% |
| 4010.36.45 | With textile components in which man-made fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber: other | 6.4% |
| 4010.36.50 | Combined with textile materials: other | 1.9% |
| 4010.36.90 | Endless synchronous belts of an outside circumference exceeding 150 cm but not exceeding 198 cm: other | 3.3% |
| 4010.39.10 | Combined with textile materials | 3.4% |
| 4010.39.20 | Of trapezoidal cross section (V-belts and belting): other | 2.8% |
| 4010.39.30 | With textile components in which vegetable fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber | 4.1% |
| 4010.39.41 | Of a width exceeding 20 cm | 8% |
| 4010.39.45 | With textile components in which man-made fibers predominate by weight over any other single textile fiber: other | 6.4% |
| 4010.39.50 | Combined with textile materials: other | 1.9% |
| 4010.39.90 | Other: other | 3.3% |