8108.90.30

Analysis

HTS 8108.90.30 covers articles of titanium under heading 8108 (titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 15%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8108.90.60 (other: other), at 15%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 9.5 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 5.5% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 81 (82nd percentile of 71 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $550 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 5.5%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 8.2 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 8108.90.30.30 for castings and 8108.90.30.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.