8414.90.10

Analysis

HTS 8414.90.10 covers of fans (including blowers) and ventilating or recycling hoods 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 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

The general duty rate is 4.7% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 84 (96th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $470 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to duty-free, 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 4.7 percentage points.

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 4.7%. 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.

For statistics it divides in two: 8414.90.10.40 for of fans of subheading 8414.51 and 8414.90.10.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 7.4 times the general rate.