Analysis
HTS 8465.20.50 covers for bending or assembling under heading 8465 (machine tools (including machines for nailing, stapling, glueing or otherwise assembling)…).
The general duty rate is 2.9% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 84 (74th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $290 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Within this group the rate runs from 2.4% to 3%. Compared with 8465.20.80 (machining centers: other), which pays 2.4%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 0.5 percentage points.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 12.1 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 2.9%. 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.
The other lines in the same group are 8465.20.10 (for sawing, planing, milling, molding, grinding, sanding…, 3%) and 8465.20.80 (machining centers: other, 2.4%).
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8465.20.10 | For sawing, planing, milling, molding, grinding, sanding, polishing, drilling or mortising | 3% |
| 8465.20.80 | Machining centers: other | 2.4% |