7010.90.30

Analysis

HTS 7010.90.30 covers containers (with or without their closures) of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of perfume or other toilet preparations; other containers if fitted… under heading 7010 (carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, vials, ampoules and other containers, of glass, of…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in gross.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 2.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 7010.90.50 (other: other containers (with or without their closures)), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 5.2 percentage points.

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 5.2%. 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 75%, 14.4 times the general rate.

The general duty rate is 5.2% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 70 (54th percentile of 192 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $520 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.