Analysis
HTS 8424.82.00 covers agricultural or horticultural under heading 8424 (mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated) for projecting, dispersing or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.9%. The costliest confusion would be with 8424.90.90 (parts: other) at duty-free, a difference of 2.4 points on the customs value.
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.
Statistical suffixes
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% |
| 8424.49.00 | Agricultural or horticultural sprayers: other | 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 |