Analysis
HTS 7319.40.20 covers safety pins and other pins: safety pins under heading 7319 (sewing needles, knitting needles, bodkins, crochet hooks, embroidery stilettos and…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in gross.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.1%. Compared with 7319.40.50 (safety pins and other pins: other), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.5 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 4.5% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 73 (89th percentile of 250 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $450 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 4.5%. 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 7319.40.20.10 for on cards and 7319.40.20.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 7.8 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7319.40.30 | Dressmakers' or common pins | 4.1% |
| 7319.40.50 | Safety pins and other pins: other | Free |