Analysis
HTS 8418.29.20 covers other: other under heading 8418 (refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 1%. Compared with 8418.99.80 (other: other), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 1.9 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 1.9% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 84 (62nd percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $190 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 18.4 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 1.9%. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 335220 (Major Household Appliance Manufacturing), an industry of 180 US establishments employing 47,877 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8418.10.00 | Combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors or drawers, or combinations thereof | Free |
| 8418.21.00 | Refrigerators, household type: compression type | Free |
| 8418.29.10 | Absorption type, electrical | 1% |
| 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 |