Analysis
HTS 8473.29.00 covers parts and accessories of the machines of heading 8470: other under heading 8473 (parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8473.40.41 (parts and accessories of the machines of heading 8472: other parts…), at 2%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2 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.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33331 (Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 1,731 US establishments employing 80,504 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8473.21.00 | Of the electronic calculating machines of subheading 8470.10, 8470.21 or 8470.29 | Free |
| 8473.30.11 | Printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 8473.30.20 | Parts and accessories, including face plates and lock latches, of printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 8473.30.51 | Not incorporating a cathode ray tube: other | Free |
| 8473.30.91 | Parts and accessories of the machines of heading 8471: other | Free |
| 8473.40.10 | Printed circuit assemblies for automatic teller machines of subheading 8472.90.10 | Free |
| 8473.40.21 | Printed circuit assemblies of word processing machines of 8472.90.50 | Free |
| 8473.40.41 | Parts and accessories of the machines of heading 8472: other parts and accessories of the machines of 8472.90.50 | 2% |
| 8473.40.86 | Parts and accessories of the machines of heading 8472: other | Free |
| 8473.50.30 | Printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 8473.50.60 | Parts and accessories, including face plates and lock latches, of printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 8473.50.90 | Parts and accessories equally suitable for use with machines of two or more of the headings 8470 to 8472: other | Free |