Analysis
HTS 7319.40.50 covers safety pins and other pins: other 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 kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 4.1% to 4.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 7319.40.20 (safety pins and other pins: safety pins), at 4.5%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4.5 percentage points.
For statistics it divides in two: 7319.40.50.10 for push pins and 7319.40.50.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 77% of the 250 tariff lines in chapter 73. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring 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% |