Analysis
Heading 7419 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers other articles of copper. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 9 eight-digit tariff lines, with 12 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
3 of its 9 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (33%) and 6 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 3%. The median line pays 3%.
The largest subheadings are 7419.80 (other, 8 lines) and 7419.20 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of 3% sits at the 74th percentile of the headings in chapter 74.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing (332618), Plumbing Fixture Fitting and Trim Manufacturing (332913) and All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (332999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7419.20.00 | Cast, molded, stamped or forged, but not further worked | Free |
| 7419.80.03 | Fourdrinier wires, seamed or not seamed, suitable for use in papermaking machines, with 94 or more wires to the lineal centimeter | Free |
| 7419.80.06 | Cloth: other | 3% |
| 7419.80.09 | Cloth (including endless bands), grill and netting, of copper wire; expanded metal of copper: other | 3% |
| 7419.80.15 | Containers of a kind normally carried on the person, in the pocket or in the handbag | 3% |
| 7419.80.16 | Other: copper springs | 3% |
| 7419.80.17 | Chain and parts thereof | 3% |
| 7419.80.30 | Coated or plated with precious metal | 3% |
| 7419.80.50 | Other: other | Free |