8446.30.50

Analysis

HTS 8446.30.50 covers for weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, shuttleless type: other 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 8446.30.10 (power looms for weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 4.9 m), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.7 percentage points.

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.