Analysis
HTS 7610.10.00 covers doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors under heading 7610 (aluminum structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 9406) and parts of…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
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 Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 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.
The other line in the same group is 7610.90.00 (aluminum structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of…, 5.7%).
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7610.90.00 | Aluminum structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, balustrades, pillars and columns); aluminum plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures: other | 5.7% |