Analysis
HTS 4010.39.90 covers other: other under heading 4010 (conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanized rubber).
Within this group the rate runs from 1.9% to 8%. Compared with 4010.39.41 (of a width exceeding 20 cm), which pays 8%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.7 percentage points.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 326220 (Rubber and Plastics Hoses and Belting Manufacturing), an industry of 275 US establishments employing 20,288 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |