Analysis
HTS 4010.11.00 covers reinforced only with metal under heading 4010 (conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanized rubber).
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 1.9% to 8%. The costliest confusion would be with 4010.39.41 (of a width exceeding 20 cm) at 8%, a difference of 4.7 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 3.3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 40 (64th percentile of 142 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
Chapter 99 provisions in the footnotes
- 9903.90.08 measures on products of Russia
Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(b) to this subchapter