8473.50.60

Analysis

HTS 8473.50.60 covers parts and accessories, including face plates and lock latches, of printed circuit assemblies under heading 8473 (parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use…).

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.

The other lines in the same group are 8473.50.30 (printed circuit assemblies, duty-free) and 8473.50.90 (parts and accessories equally suitable for use with…, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333242 (Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 170 US establishments employing 28,799 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.

All 2 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.