Analysis
HTS 4010.34.30 covers combined with textile materials under heading 4010 (conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanized rubber).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 1.9% to 8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 4010.39.41 (of a width exceeding 20 cm), at 8%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4.6 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3.4% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 40 (72nd percentile of 142 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $340 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.4%. 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 30%, 8.8 times the general rate.
Neighbouring 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% |
| 4010.34.60 | 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% |