4421.99.30

Analysis

HTS 4421.99.30 covers consisting of wooden frames in the center of which are fixed louver boards or slats, with or without their hardware under heading 4421 (other articles of wood).

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.1%. The costliest confusion would be with 4421.99.94 (other: edge-glued lumber) at duty-free, a difference of 10.7 points on the customs value.

The general duty rate is 10.7% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 44 (99th percentile of 257 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $1,070 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 10.7%. 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.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 321918 (Other Millwork (including Flooring)), an industry of 1,445 US establishments employing 32,379 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.