Analysis
HTS 8424.10.00 covers fire extinguishers, whether or not charged under heading 8424 (mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated) for projecting, dispersing or…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2.9%. Compared with 8424.90.10 (of simple piston pump sprays and powder bellows), which pays 2.9%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.9 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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 339999 (All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing), an industry of 3,012 US establishments employing 40,510 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8424.20.10 | Simple piston pump sprays and powder bellows | 2.9% |
| 8424.20.90 | Spray guns and similar appliances: other | Free |
| 8424.30.10 | Sand blasting machines | Free |
| 8424.30.90 | Steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines: other | Free |
| 8424.41.10 | Sprayers (except sprayers, self-contained, having a capacity not over 20 liters) | Free |
| 8424.41.90 | Portable sprayers: other | 2.4% |
| 8424.49.00 | Agricultural or horticultural sprayers: other | 2.4% |
| 8424.82.00 | Agricultural or horticultural | 2.4% |
| 8424.89.10 | Mechanical appliances for projecting, dispersing or spraying, of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits or printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 8424.89.90 | Other appliances: other | 1.8% |
| 8424.90.05 | Of fire extinguishers | Free |
| 8424.90.10 | Of simple piston pump sprays and powder bellows | 2.9% |
| 8424.90.20 | Of sand blasting machines | Free |
| 8424.90.90 | Parts: other | Free |