8419.89.95

Analysis

HTS 8419.89.95 covers other: other under heading 8419 (machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to duty-free, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8419.89.60 (molten-salt-cooled acrylic acid reactors), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4.2 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 4.2% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 84 (86th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $420 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

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 4.2%. 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%, 8.3 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate heating mantles; drum heaters and…, for food and beverages, for food and beverages, for rubber and plastics and for other materials. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.