Analysis
HTS 7002.10.10 covers not over 6 mm in diameter under heading 7002 (glass in balls (other than microspheres of heading 7018), rods or tubes, unworked).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 6%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 7002.31.00 (of fused quartz or other fused silica), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.9 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3.9% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 70 (35th percentile of 192 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $390 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 3.9%. 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 60%, 15.4 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7002.10.20 | Balls: other | Free |
| 7002.20.10 | Of fused quartz or other fused silica | Free |
| 7002.20.50 | Rods: other | 6% |
| 7002.31.00 | Of fused quartz or other fused silica | Free |
| 7002.32.00 | Of other glass having a linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 x 10-6 per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0˚C to 300˚C | 6% |
| 7002.39.00 | Tubes: other | 6% |