Analysis
HTS 8424.20.90 covers spray guns and similar appliances: other under heading 8424 (mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated) for projecting, dispersing or…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.9%. The costliest confusion would be with 8424.90.10 (of simple piston pump sprays and powder bellows) at 2.9%, a difference of 2.9 points on the customs value.
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.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84 that are also free. 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 333912 (Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing), an industry of 275 US establishments employing 20,379 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8424.10.00 | Fire extinguishers, whether or not charged | Free |
| 8424.20.10 | Simple piston pump sprays and powder bellows | 2.9% |
| 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 |