Analysis
HTS 8467.22.00 covers with self-contained electric motor: saws under heading 8467 (tools for working in the hand, pneumatic, hydraulic or with self-contained electric or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.5%. Compared with 8467.19.10 (suitable for metal working), which pays 4.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.5 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% 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 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8467.11.10 | Suitable for metal working | 4.5% |
| 8467.11.50 | Rotary type (including combined rotary-percussion): other | Free |
| 8467.19.10 | Suitable for metal working | 4.5% |
| 8467.19.50 | Other: other | Free |
| 8467.21.00 | Drills of all kinds | 1.7% |
| 8467.29.00 | With self-contained electric motor: other | Free |
| 8467.81.00 | Other tools: chain saws | Free |
| 8467.89.10 | Suitable for metal working | Free |
| 8467.89.50 | Other: other | Free |
| 8467.91.01 | Parts: of chain saws | Free |
| 8467.92.00 | Of pneumatic tools | Free |
| 8467.99.01 | Parts: other | Free |