Analysis
HTS 7616.99.51 covers other: other under heading 7616 (other articles of aluminum). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 8 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6%. Compared with 7616.10.90 (other: other), which pays 6%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.5 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2.5% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 76 (15th percentile of 65 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $250 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 18.0 times the general rate.
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 2.5%. 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 ten-digit suffixes separate laminated goods consisting of 2 or more…, ladders, venetian blinds and parts thereof, hangers and supports for pipes and tubes, castings and forgings and 1 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7616.99.51.20 | Laminated goods consisting of 2 or more flat-rolled sheets of aluminum held together with an adhesive or having a core of non-metallic material | kg | 332999 |
| 7616.99.51.30 | Ladders | No. | 332999 |
| 7616.99.51.40 | Venetian blinds and parts thereof | No. | 337920 |
| 7616.99.51.50 | Hangers and supports for pipes and tubes | kg | 332999 |
| 7616.99.51.60 | Castings | kg | 331523 |
| 7616.99.51.70 | Forgings | kg | 332112 |
| 7616.99.51.75 | Articles of wire | kg | 332618 |
| 7616.99.51.90 | Other | kg | 332999 |
Neighbouring 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 |