Analysis
HTS 8423.89.10 covers using electronic means for gauging under heading 8423 (weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including…).
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.
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 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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8423.10.00 | Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales | Free |
| 8423.20.10 | Using electronic means for gauging weights | Free |
| 8423.20.90 | Scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors: other | 2.9% |
| 8423.30.00 | Constant-weight scales and scales for discharging a predetermined weight of material into a bag or container, including hopper scales | Free |
| 8423.81.00 | Having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30 kg | Free |
| 8423.82.00 | Having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30 kg but not exceeding 5,000 kg | Free |
| 8423.89.90 | Other: other | 2.9% |
| 8423.90.10 | Parts of weighing machinery using electronic means for gauging weight, excluding parts of machines for weighing motor vehicles | Free |
| 8423.90.90 | Weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery: other | 2.8% |