Analysis
HTS 8421.91.60 covers of centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers: other under heading 8421 (centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and…).
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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
The other lines in the same group are 8421.91.20 (drying chambers for the clothes-dryers of subheading…, duty-free) and 8421.91.40 (furniture designed to receive the clothes-dryers of…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33399 (All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 3,460 US establishments employing 158,898 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
All 2 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8421.91.20 | Drying chambers for the clothes-dryers of subheading 8421.12 and other parts of clothes-dryers incorporating drying chambers | Free |
| 8421.91.40 | Furniture designed to receive the clothes-dryers of subheading 8421.12 | Free |