Analysis
HTS 8446.30.10 covers power looms for weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 4.9 m under heading 8446 (weaving machines (looms)). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 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.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33324 (Industrial Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 2,836 US establishments employing 111,497 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8446.10.00 | For weaving fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm | Free |
| 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 |
| 8446.30.50 | For weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, shuttleless type: other | 3.7% |