Analysis
HTS 8452.30.00 covers sewing machine needles under heading 8452 (sewing machines, other than book-sewing machines of heading 8440; furniture, bases and…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2.5%. Compared with 8452.90.10 (furniture, bases and covers for sewing machines, and parts thereof), which pays 2.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.5 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 42% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 42% 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 339993 (Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing), an industry of 89 US establishments employing 3,341 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8452.10.00 | Sewing machines of the household type | Free |
| 8452.21.10 | Specially designed to join footwear soles to uppers | Free |
| 8452.21.90 | Automatic units: other | Free |
| 8452.29.10 | Specially designed to join footwear soles to uppers | Free |
| 8452.29.90 | Other: other | Free |
| 8452.90.10 | Furniture, bases and covers for sewing machines, and parts thereof | 2.5% |
| 8452.90.20 | Furniture, bases and covers for sewing machines, and parts thereof; other parts of sewing machines: other parts of sewing machines | Free |