Analysis
HTS 7015.10.00 covers glasses for corrective spectacles under heading 7015 (clock or watch glasses and similar glasses, glasses for noncorrective or corrective…).
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 28% of the 192 tariff lines in chapter 70. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other lines in the same group are 7015.90.10 (watch glasses: round, duty-free), 7015.90.20 (watch glasses: other, duty-free) and 7015.90.50 (other: other, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 327212 (Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing), an industry of 376 US establishments employing 10,738 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
All 3 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7015.90.10 | Watch glasses: round | Free |
| 7015.90.20 | Watch glasses: other | Free |
| 7015.90.50 | Other: other | Free |