8206.00.00

Analysis

HTS 8206.00.00 covers tools of two or more of headings 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale under heading 8206 (tools of two or more of headings 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale).

The general rate is The rate of duty applicable to that article in the set subject to the highest rate of duty, 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 The rate of duty applicable to that article in the set subject to the highest rate of duty. 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.

It is the only US line under subheading 8206.00, 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 8206.00 points straight here.