8424.89.10

Analysis

HTS 8424.89.10 covers mechanical appliances for projecting, dispersing or spraying, of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits or printed circuit… under heading 8424 (mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated) for projecting, dispersing or…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 2.9%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8424.90.10 (of simple piston pump sprays and powder bellows), 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 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% 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 333912 (Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing), an industry of 275 US establishments employing 20,379 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.