8466.93.60

Analysis

HTS 8466.93.60 covers cast-iron parts not advanced beyond cleaning, and machined only for the removal of fins, gates, sprues and risers or to permit location in finishing machinery under heading 8466 (parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8466.93.75 (of metalworking machine tools for cutting gears), at 5.8%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 5.8 percentage points.

For statistics it divides in two: 8466.93.60.30 for for metalworking machine tools for cutting, grinding or… and 8466.93.60.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.