Analysis
HTS 8207.90.75 covers not suitable for cutting metal, and parts thereof: other under heading 8207 (interchangeable tools for handtools, whether or not power operated, or for machine-tools…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 1.6% to 5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8207.90.15 (files and rasps, including rotary files and rasps, and parts thereof), at 1.6%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.1 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.7%. 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 8207.90.75.45 for cutterheads with interchangeable tools and 8207.90.75.85 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 9.5 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 3.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 82 (54th percentile of 95 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $370 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8207.90.15 | Files and rasps, including rotary files and rasps, and parts thereof | 1.6% |
| 8207.90.30 | Cutting tools with cutting part containing by weight over 0.2 percent of chromium, molybdenum, or tungsten or over 0.1 percent of vanadium | 5% |
| 8207.90.45 | Suitable for cutting metal, and parts thereof | 4.8% |
| 8207.90.60 | For handtools, and parts thereof | 4.3% |