Analysis
HTS 7011.20.85 covers other: other under heading 7011 (glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes), open, and glass parts thereof, without…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in hundreds.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 5.2%. 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 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 55%, 10.6 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |