Analysis
HTS 7419.80.17 covers chain and parts thereof under heading 7419 (other articles of copper).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3%. The costliest confusion would be with 7419.80.50 (other: other) at duty-free, a difference of 3 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 3% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 74 (74th percentile of 89 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $300 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 15.0 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3%. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332618 (Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing), an industry of 710 US establishments employing 19,060 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 7419.80.30 | Coated or plated with precious metal | 3% |
| 7419.80.50 | Other: other | Free |