8467.19.10

Analysis

HTS 8467.19.10 covers suitable for metal working under heading 8467 (tools for working in the hand, pneumatic, hydraulic or with self-contained electric or…).

The general duty rate is 4.5% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 84 (95th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $450 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.5%. Compared with 8467.99.01 (parts: other), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.5 percentage points.

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 4.5%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 30%, 6.7 times the general rate.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333991 (Power-Driven Handtool Manufacturing), an industry of 118 US establishments employing 7,217 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.