HTS tariff line · chapter 71
7109.00.00
Base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further worked than semimanufactured
Analysis
HTS 7109.00.00 covers base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further worked than semimanufactured under heading 7109 (base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further worked than semimanufactured).
The general duty rate is 6% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 71 (83rd percentile of 108 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $600 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 6%. 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 65%, 10.8 times the general rate.
It is the only US line under subheading 7109.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 7109.00 points straight here.