7102.39.00

Analysis

HTS 7102.39.00 covers nonindustrial: other under heading 7102 (diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in carat.

For statistics it divides in two: 7102.39.00.10 for weighing not over 0.5 carat each and 7102.39.00.50 for weighing over 0.5 carat each. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 45% of the 108 tariff lines in chapter 71 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339910 (Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing), an industry of 1,844 US establishments employing 19,188 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 10% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 10% duty.