8102.94.00

Analysis

HTS 8102.94.00 covers unwrought molybdenum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering under heading 8102 (molybdenum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap).

The general rate is 13.9¢/kg on molybdenum content + 1.9%, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.

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 13.9¢/kg on molybdenum content + 1.9%. 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.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 331410 (Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining), an industry of 112 US establishments employing 8,755 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.