Analysis
Subheading 8308.90 covers other, including parts, within heading 8308. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 3 US tariff lines below it are national.
1 of its 3 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (33%) and 2 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 3.9%. The median line pays 2.7%.
The US splits it as follows: 8308.90.30 for beads and spangles of base metal (duty-free), 8308.90.60 for buckles and buckle clasps, and parts thereof (3.9%) and 8308.90.90 for other, including parts: other (2.7%).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing (339993) and All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (339999). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Goods only reach 8308.90 once they fall within heading 8308 (clasps, frames with clasps, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyelets and the like, of…). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |