8414.80.16

Analysis

HTS 8414.80.16 covers air compressors: other under heading 8414 (air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 14 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8414.80.90 (other, except parts: other), at 3.7%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.7 percentage points.

The ten-digit suffixes separate not exceeding 746 W, exceeding 746 W but not exceeding 4.48…, exceeding 4.48 kW but not exceeding…, exceeding 8.21 kW but not exceeding…, exceeding 11.19 kW but not exceeding… and exceeding 19.4 kW but not exceeding… and 6 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.