Analysis
HTS 7419.80.30 covers coated or plated with precious metal under heading 7419 (other articles of copper).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 3%. Compared with 7419.80.50 (other: other), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3 percentage points.
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 65%, 21.7 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 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 339910 (Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing), an industry of 1,844 US establishments employing 19,188 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
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% |
| 7419.80.17 | Chain and parts thereof | 3% |
| 7419.80.50 | Other: other | Free |