8445.90.00

Analysis

HTS 8445.90.00 covers machines for preparing textile fibers; spinning, doubling or twisting machines and other machinery for producing textile yarns; textile reeling or winding… under heading 8445 (machines for preparing textile fibers; spinning, doubling or twisting machines and other…).

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 8445.30.00 (textile doubling or twisting machines) at duty-free, a difference of 3.7 points on the customs value.

The general duty rate is 3.7% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 84 (83rd percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $370 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 10.8 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 3.7%. 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.