8423.82.00

Analysis

HTS 8423.82.00 covers having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30 kg but not exceeding 5,000 kg under heading 8423 (weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 2.9%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8423.89.90 (other: other), at 2.9%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.9 percentage points.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 45% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 45% duty.

For statistics it divides in two: 8423.82.00.10 for digital electronic type and 8423.82.00.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

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.