Analysis
Heading 7117 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers imitation jewelry. It divides into 3 six-digit subheadings and 15 eight-digit tariff lines, with 15 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
The spread of 11 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 11%, applies to 7117.19.20 (valued over 33 cents per meter) and 7117.19.90 (other: other).
6 of its 15 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (40%) and 9 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 11%. The median line pays 3.9%.
The largest subheadings are 7117.90 (other, 8 lines), 7117.19 (other, 6 lines) and 7117.11 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of 3.9% sits at the 65th percentile of the headings in chapter 71.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing (339910). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7117.11.00 | Cuff links and studs | 8% |
| 7117.19.05 | Toy jewelry valued not over 8 cents per piece | Free |
| 7117.19.15 | Valued not over 33 cents per meter: other | 8% |
| 7117.19.20 | Valued over 33 cents per meter | 11% |
| 7117.19.30 | Religious articles of a purely devotional charac- ter designed to be worn on apparel or carried on or about or attached to the person | 3.9% |
| 7117.19.60 | Toy jewelry valued not over 8 cents per piece | Free |
| 7117.19.90 | Other: other | 11% |
| 7117.90.10 | Necklaces, valued not over 30 cents per dozen, composed wholly of plastic shapes mounted on fiber string | Free |
| 7117.90.20 | Rosaries and chaplets | 3.3% |
| 7117.90.30 | Religious articles of a purely devotional character designed to be worn on apparel or carried on or about or attached to the person: other | 3.9% |
| 7117.90.45 | Toy jewelry (except parts) | Free |
| 7117.90.55 | Valued not over 20 cents per dozen pieces or parts: other | 7.2% |
| 7117.90.60 | Toy jewelry (except parts) valued not over 8 cents per piece | Free |
| 7117.90.75 | Other: of plastics | Free |
| 7117.90.90 | Other: other | 11% |