Analysis
HTS 7011.10.50 covers for electric lighting: other under heading 7011 (glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes), open, and glass parts thereof, without…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.6%. Compared with 7011.20.45 (monochrome glass envelopes, the foregoing certified by the importer…), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.6 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 4.6%. 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 55%, 12.0 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 4.6% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 70 (42nd percentile of 192 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $460 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7011.10.10 | Bulbs for incandescent lamps | Free |
| 7011.20.10 | For cathode-ray tubes: cones | 5.2% |
| 7011.20.45 | Monochrome glass envelopes, the foregoing certified by the importer as being for actual use in automatic data processing machine data or graphic display cathode ray tubes | Free |
| 7011.20.85 | Other: other | 5.2% |
| 7011.90.00 | Glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes), open, and glass parts thereof, without fittings, for electric lamps and light sources, cathode-ray tubes or the like: other | 6.6% |