Analysis
HTS 7419.80.50 covers other: other under heading 7419 (other articles of copper). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3%. The costliest confusion would be with 7419.80.30 (coated or plated with precious metal) at 3%, a difference of 3 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 46% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 46% duty.
For statistics it divides in two: 7419.80.50.10 for brass plumbing goods not elsewhere specified or included and 7419.80.50.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 12% of the 89 tariff lines in chapter 74 that are also free. 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.
Statistical suffixes
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% |
| 7419.80.30 | Coated or plated with precious metal | 3% |