HTS tariff line · chapter 83
8309.90.00
Stoppers, caps and lids (including crown corks, screw caps and pouring stoppers), capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories, and parts thereof, of base metal: other
Analysis
HTS 8309.90.00 covers stoppers, caps and lids (including crown corks, screw caps and pouring stoppers), capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing… under heading 8309 (stoppers, caps and lids (including crown corks, screw caps and pouring stoppers)…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms and number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to duty-free, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8309.10.00 (crown corks (including crown seals and caps), and parts thereof), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.6 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2.6% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 83 (32nd percentile of 58 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $260 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 17.3 times the general rate.
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 2.6%. 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.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8309.90.00.20 | For cans of a kind used for the conveyance of beverages as described in statistical note 2 to this chapter | kg, No. | |
| 8309.90.00.25 | Other | kg, No. | |
| 8309.90.00.80 | Of steel | kg, No. | |
| 8309.90.00.85 | Other | kg, No. |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8309.10.00 | Crown corks (including crown seals and caps), and parts thereof | Free |