Analysis
HTS 8101.96.00 covers other: wire under heading 8101 (tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, including waste and scrap).
Within this group the rate runs from 2.8% to 7%. Compared with 8101.10.00 (tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, including waste and scrap…), which pays 7%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.6 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 4.4% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 81 (73rd percentile of 71 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $440 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 4.4%. 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 60%, 13.6 times the general rate.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 331491 (Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding), an industry of 199 US establishments employing 12,115 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8101.10.00 | Tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, including waste and scrap: powders | 7% |
| 8101.94.00 | Unwrought tungsten, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering | 6.6% |
| 8101.97.00 | Other: waste and scrap | 2.8% |
| 8101.99.10 | Bars and rods, other than those obtained simply by sintering, profiles, plates, sheets, strip and foil | 6.5% |
| 8101.99.80 | Other: other | 3.7% |