Analysis
Subheading 8447.11 covers with cylinder diameter not exceeding 165 mm, within heading 8447. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 2 US tariff lines below it are national.
Every one of its 2 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the subheading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The US splits it as follows: 8447.11.10 for for knitting hosiery (duty-free) and 8447.11.90 for with cylinder diameter not exceeding 165 mm: other (duty-free).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (33324). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Goods only reach 8447.11 once they fall within heading 8447 (knitting machines, stitch-bonding machines and machines for making gimped yarn, tulle…). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8447.11.10 | For knitting hosiery | Free |
| 8447.11.90 | With cylinder diameter not exceeding 165 mm: other | Free |