7321.19.00

Analysis

HTS 7321.19.00 covers cooking appliances and plate warmers: other, including appliances for solid fuel under heading 7321 (stoves, ranges, grates, cookers (including those with subsidiary boilers for central…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 7321.11.10 (for gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels: portable), at 5.7%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 5.7 percentage points.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 45% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 45% 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.