Analysis
HTS 8418.21.00 covers refrigerators, household type: compression type under heading 8418 (refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 1.9%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8418.29.20 (other: other), at 1.9%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 1.9 percentage points.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 335220 (Major Household Appliance Manufacturing), an industry of 180 US establishments employing 47,877 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8418.21.00.10 | Having a refrigerated volume of under 184 liters | No. | 335220 |
| 8418.21.00.20 | Having a refrigerated volume of 184 liters and over but under 269 liters | No. | 335220 |
| 8418.21.00.30 | Having a refrigerated volume of 269 liters and over but under 382 liters | No. | 335220 |
| 8418.21.00.90 | Having a refrigerated volume of 382 liters and over | No. | 335220 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8418.10.00 | Combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors or drawers, or combinations thereof | Free |
| 8418.29.10 | Absorption type, electrical | 1% |
| 8418.29.20 | Other: other | 1.9% |
| 8418.30.00 | Freezers of the chest type, not exceeding 800 liters capacity | Free |
| 8418.40.00 | Freezers of the upright type, not exceeding 900 liters capacity | Free |
| 8418.50.00 | Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps, other than the air conditioning machines of heading 8415; parts thereof: other furniture (chests, cabinets, display counters, show-cases and the like) for storage and display, incorporating refrigerating or freezing equipment | Free |
| 8418.61.01 | Heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 8415 | Free |
| 8418.69.01 | Other refrigerating or freezing equipment; heat pumps: other | Free |
| 8418.91.00 | Furniture designed to receive refrigerating or freezing equipment | Free |
| 8418.99.40 | Door assemblies incorporating more than one of the following: inner panel; outer panel; insulation; hinges; handles | Free |
| 8418.99.80 | Other: other | Free |