Analysis
Heading 7616 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers other articles of aluminum. It divides into 3 six-digit subheadings and 8 eight-digit tariff lines, with 17 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
1 of its 8 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (12%) and 7 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 6%. The median line pays 5.1%.
The spread of 6 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 6%, applies to 7616.10.90 (other: other).
The largest subheadings are 7616.10 (nails, tacks, staples (other than those of…, 5 lines), 7616.99 (other, 2 lines) and 7616.91 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of 5.1% sits at the 74th percentile of the headings in chapter 76.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing (332722), All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (332999) and Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing (332618). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7616.10.10 | Nails, tacks and staples | 5.7% |
| 7616.10.30 | Nails, tacks, staples (other than those of heading 8305), screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter pins, washers and similar articles: rivets | 4.7% |
| 7616.10.50 | Cotters and cotter pins | 5.7% |
| 7616.10.70 | Having shanks, threads or holes over 6 mm in diameter | 5.5% |
| 7616.10.90 | Other: other | 6% |
| 7616.91.00 | Cloth, grill, netting and fencing, of aluminum wire | 2.5% |
| 7616.99.10 | Other: luggage frames | Free |
| 7616.99.51 | Other: other | 2.5% |