Analysis
HTS 8424.49.00 covers agricultural or horticultural sprayers: other 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 8424.90.90 (parts: other), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.4 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2.4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 84 (65th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $240 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 14.6 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.4%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333111 (Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 1,120 US establishments employing 69,047 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
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% |
| 8424.20.90 | 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% |
| 8424.82.00 | 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 |