Analysis
HTS 8448.42.00 covers reeds for looms, healds and heald-frames under heading 8448 (auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8448.59.50 (other: other), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes 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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8448.11.00 | Dobbies and Jacquards; card reducing, copying, punching or assembling machines for use therewith | Free |
| 8448.19.00 | Auxiliary machinery for machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447: other | Free |
| 8448.20.10 | Of machines for extruding or drawing man-made textile filaments | 3.7% |
| 8448.20.50 | Parts and accessories of machines of heading 8444 or of their auxiliary machinery: other | 3.3% |
| 8448.31.00 | Parts and accessories of machines of heading 8445 or of their auxiliary machinery: card clothing | 3.3% |
| 8448.32.00 | Of machines for preparing textile fibers, other than card clothing | Free |
| 8448.33.00 | Spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings and ring travellers | 3.3% |
| 8448.39.10 | Parts of spinning, doubling or twisting machines | Free |
| 8448.39.50 | Parts of winding or reeling machines | 3.7% |
| 8448.39.90 | Other: other | Free |
| 8448.49.10 | Other: shuttles | 3.7% |
| 8448.49.20 | Other: other | Free |
| 8448.51.10 | Needles for knitting machines: latch needles | Free |
| 8448.51.20 | Spring-beard needles | Free |
| 8448.51.30 | Needles for knitting machines: other | Free |
| 8448.51.50 | Sinkers, needles and other articles used in forming stitches: other | Free |
| 8448.59.10 | Parts of knitting machines | Free |
| 8448.59.50 | Other: other | Free |