Analysis
HTS 8446.10.00 covers for weaving fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm under heading 8446 (weaving machines (looms)). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 3.7%. Compared with 8446.30.50 (for weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, shuttleless type…), which pays 3.7%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.7 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.
For statistics it divides in two: 8446.10.00.10 for power looms and 8446.10.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8446.21.10 | For weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 4.9 m | Free |
| 8446.21.50 | Power looms: other | 3.7% |
| 8446.29.00 | For weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, shuttle type: other | Free |
| 8446.30.10 | Power looms for weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 4.9 m | Free |
| 8446.30.50 | For weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, shuttleless type: other | 3.7% |