Analysis
Subheading 7002.10 covers balls, within heading 7002. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 2 US tariff lines below it are national.
1 of its 2 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (50%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 3.9%. The median line pays 1.95%.
The US splits it as follows: 7002.10.10 for not over 6 mm in diameter (3.9%) and 7002.10.20 for balls: other (duty-free).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing (327212). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Goods only reach 7002.10 once they fall within heading 7002 (glass in balls (other than microspheres of heading 7018), rods or tubes, unworked). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7002.10.10 | Not over 6 mm in diameter | 3.9% |
| 7002.10.20 | Balls: other | Free |