7802.00.00

Analysis

HTS 7802.00.00 covers lead waste and scrap under heading 7802 (lead waste and scrap). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms and Pb kg.

For statistics it divides in two: 7802.00.00.30 for obtained from lead-acid storage batteries and 7802.00.00.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 29% of the 7 tariff lines in chapter 78. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.

It is the only US line under subheading 7802.00, 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 7802.00 points straight here.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 11.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 11.5% duty.