7005.29.14

Analysis

HTS 7005.29.14 covers suitable for use in liquid crystal displays, measuring not over 0.8 m2 in area under heading 7005 (float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having an…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.9%. Compared with 7005.29.25 (measuring 10 mm or more in thickness), which pays 4.9%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.9 percentage points.

For statistics it divides in two: 7005.29.14.10 for measuring less than 5 mm in thickness and 7005.29.14.50 for measuring 5 mm or more but less than 10 mm in thickness. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 28% of the 192 tariff lines in chapter 70, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.