HTS heading · chapter 73
7319
Sewing needles, knitting needles, bodkins, crochet hooks, embroidery stilettos and similar articles for use in the hand, of iron or steel; safety pins and other pins of iron or steel, not elsewhere specified or included
Analysis
Heading 7319 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers sewing needles, knitting needles, bodkins, crochet hooks, embroidery stilettos and similar articles for use in the hand, of iron or steel; safety pins and other pins of iron or steel, not elsewhere specified or included. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 5 eight-digit tariff lines, with 7 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
2 of its 5 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (40%) and 3 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 4.5%. The median line pays 2.9%.
Its median rate of 2.9% sits at the 80th percentile of the headings in chapter 73.
The largest subheadings are 7319.40 (safety pins and other pins, 3 lines) and 7319.90 (other, 2 lines).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing (339993). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7319.40.20 | Safety pins and other pins: safety pins | 4.5% |
| 7319.40.30 | Dressmakers' or common pins | 4.1% |
| 7319.40.50 | Safety pins and other pins: other | Free |
| 7319.90.10 | Sewing, darning or embroidery needles | Free |
| 7319.90.90 | Other: other | 2.9% |