Analysis
HTS 8308.10.00 covers hooks, eyes and eyelets under heading 8308 (clasps, frames with clasps, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyelets and the like, of…).
The general rate is 1.1¢/kg + 2.9%, 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 1.1¢/kg + 2.9%. 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 339993 (Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing), an industry of 89 US establishments employing 3,341 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of 1.1¢/kg + 2.9%.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8308.20.30 | Of iron or steel and not brightened, not lathed and not machined | Free |
| 8308.20.60 | Tubular or bifurcated rivets: other | Free |
| 8308.90.30 | Beads and spangles of base metal | Free |
| 8308.90.60 | Buckles and buckle clasps, and parts thereof | 3.9% |
| 8308.90.90 | Other, including parts: other | 2.7% |