7326.90.25

Analysis

HTS 7326.90.25 covers cable or inner wire for caliper and cantilever brakes and casing therefor, whether or not cut to length under heading 7326 (other articles of iron or steel).

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 8.6%. Compared with 7326.90.60 (coated or plated with precious metal), which pays 8.6%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 8.6 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.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 77% of the 250 tariff lines in chapter 73, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 336991 (Motorcycle, Bicycle, and Parts Manufacturing), an industry of 429 US establishments employing 8,445 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.