HTS tariff line · chapter 76
7609.00.00
Aluminum tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves)
Analysis
HTS 7609.00.00 covers aluminum tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves) under heading 7609 (aluminum tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves)).
The general duty rate is 5.7% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 76 (86th percentile of 65 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $570 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 5.7%. 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%, 7.9 times the general rate.
It is the only US line under subheading 7609.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 7609.00 points straight here.