Analysis
HTS 7604.29.10 covers other: other profiles under heading 7604 (aluminum bars, rods and profiles). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from 2.6% to 3%. Compared with 7604.29.30 (having a round cross section), which pays 2.6%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.4 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 5% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 76 (71st percentile of 65 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $500 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 5%. 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.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 9.0 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 7604.29.10.10 for heat-treatable industrial alloys of a kind described in… and 7604.29.10.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7604.29.30 | Having a round cross section | 2.6% |
| 7604.29.50 | Bars and rods: other | 3% |