Analysis
HTS 8414.20.00 covers hand- or foot-operated air pumps under heading 8414 (air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 4.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8414.90.91 (parts: other), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.7 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3.7% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 84 (83rd percentile of 823 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.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the civil aircraft agreement, and 14 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.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 9.5 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8414.10.00 | Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters; gas-tight biological safety cabinets, whether or not fitted with filters; parts thereof: vacuum pumps | 2.5% |
| 8414.30.40 | Not exceeding 1/4 horsepower | Free |
| 8414.30.80 | Compressors of a kind used in refrigerating equipment (including air conditioning): other | Free |
| 8414.40.00 | Air compressors mounted on a wheeled chassis for towing | 2.7% |
| 8414.51.30 | Ceiling fans for permanent installation | 4.7% |
| 8414.51.90 | Table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125 W: other | 4.7% |
| 8414.59.10 | Blowers for pipe organs | Free |
| 8414.59.15 | Fans of a kind used solely or principally for cooling microprocessors, telecommunications apparatus, automatic data processing machines or units of automatic data processing machines | Free |
| 8414.59.30 | Turbochargers and superchargers | 2.3% |
| 8414.59.65 | Other: other | 2.3% |
| 8414.60.00 | Hoods having a maximum horizontal side not exceeding 120 cm | Free |
| 8414.70.00 | Gas-tight biological safety cabinets | Free |
| 8414.80.05 | Turbochargers and superchargers | Free |
| 8414.80.16 | Air compressors: other | Free |
| 8414.80.20 | Other, except parts: other compressors | Free |
| 8414.80.90 | Other, except parts: other | 3.7% |
| 8414.90.10 | Of fans (including blowers) and ventilating or recycling hoods | 4.7% |
| 8414.90.30 | Stators and rotors of goods of subheading 8414.30 | Free |
| 8414.90.41 | Of compressors: other | Free |
| 8414.90.91 | Parts: other | Free |