Analysis
HTS 7117.90.55 covers valued not over 20 cents per dozen pieces or parts: other under heading 7117 (imitation jewelry).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 11%. The costliest confusion would be with 7117.90.75 (other: of plastics) at duty-free, a difference of 7.2 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 7.2% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 71 (89th percentile of 108 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $720 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 7.2%. 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 45%, 6.2 times the general rate.
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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 7117.90.60 | 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% |