7018.10.10

Analysis

HTS 7018.10.10 covers imitation pearls and imitation pearl beads of all shapes and colors, drilled or not drilled, but not strung (except temporarily) and not set under heading 7018 (glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semiprecious stones and similar…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to duty-free, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 7018.10.50 (glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious or semiprecious…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 70 (36th percentile of 192 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $400 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

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%. 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 60%, 15.0 times the general rate.