HTS heading · chapter 83
8302
Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets or the like; base metal hat racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures; castors with mountings of base metal; automatic door closers of base metal; and base metal parts thereof
Analysis
Heading 8302 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets or the like; base metal hat racks, hat-pegs, brackets and…. It divides into 8 six-digit subheadings and 18 eight-digit tariff lines, with 36 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
The spread of 7.5 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 7.5%, applies to 8302.49.20 (coated or plated with precious metal).
2 of its 18 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (11%) and 16 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 7.5%. The median line pays 3.5%.
The largest subheadings are 8302.49 (other, 4 lines), 8302.10 (hinges, and parts thereof, 3 lines), 8302.41 (suitable for buildings, 3 lines) and 8302.30 (other mountings, fittings and similar articles…, 2 lines).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Hardware Manufacturing (332510), Fluid Power Cylinder and Actuator Manufacturing (333995) and Blind and Shade Manufacturing (337920). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8302.10.30 | Designed for motor vehicles | 2% |
| 8302.10.60 | Of iron or steel, of aluminum or of zinc: other | 3.5% |
| 8302.10.90 | Hinges, and parts thereof: other | 3.4% |
| 8302.20.00 | Castors, and parts thereof | 5.7% |
| 8302.30.30 | Of iron or steel, of aluminum or of zinc | 2% |
| 8302.30.60 | Other mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for motor vehicles; and parts thereof: other | 3.5% |
| 8302.41.30 | Door closers (except automatic door closers), and parts thereof | 3.9% |
| 8302.41.60 | Of iron or steel, of aluminum or of zinc | 3.9% |
| 8302.41.90 | Other: other | 3.5% |
| 8302.42.30 | Of iron or steel, of aluminum or of zinc | 3.9% |
| 8302.42.60 | Other, suitable for furniture: other | 3.4% |
| 8302.49.20 | Coated or plated with precious metal | 7.5% |
| 8302.49.40 | Harness and saddlery or riding-bridle hardware, and parts thereof: other | Free |
| 8302.49.60 | Of iron or steel, of aluminum or of zinc | 5.7% |
| 8302.49.80 | Other: other | 3.5% |
| 8302.50.00 | Hat-racks, hat pegs, brackets and similar fixtures, and parts thereof | Free |
| 8302.60.30 | Automatic door closers | 3.9% |
| 8302.60.90 | Automatic door closers, and parts thereof: parts | 3.1% |