8467.89.50

Analysis

HTS 8467.89.50 covers other: other 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 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 8467.19.10 (suitable for metal working) at 4.5%, a difference of 4.5 points on the customs value.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 27.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 27.5% duty.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333112 (Lawn and Garden Tractor and Home Lawn and Garden Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 146 US establishments employing 21,160 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.