Analysis
HTS 7907.00.60 covers other articles of zinc: other under heading 7907 (other articles of zinc).
The general duty rate is 3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 79 (64th percentile of 11 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $300 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 15.0 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 3%. 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 other lines in the same group are 7907.00.10 (articles of a type used for household, table or kitchen…, 3%) and 7907.00.20 (zinc tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings (for example…, 3%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332999 (All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing), an industry of 3,501 US establishments employing 66,282 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7907.00.10 | Articles of a type used for household, table or kitchen use; toilet and sanitary wares; all the foregoing and parts thereof of zinc | 3% |
| 7907.00.20 | Zinc tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves) | 3% |