Analysis
Heading 7020 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers other articles of glass. It has 3 tariff lines.
The spread of 6.6 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 6.6%, applies to 7020.00.40 (glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other…).
1 of its 3 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (33%) and 2 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 6.6%. The median line pays 5%.
Its lines are 7020.00.30 for quartz reactor tubes and holders designed for insertion… (duty-free), 7020.00.40 for glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels (6.6%) and 7020.00.60 for other articles of glass: other (5%).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing (327212). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Its median rate of 5% sits at the 50th percentile of the headings in chapter 70.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7020.00.30 | Quartz reactor tubes and holders designed for insertion into diffusion and oxidation furnaces for production of semiconductor wafers | Free |
| 7020.00.40 | Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels | 6.6% |
| 7020.00.60 | Other articles of glass: other | 5% |