Analysis
HTS 8479.60.00 covers evaporative air coolers under heading 8479 (machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 2.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8479.90.95 (parts: other), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.8 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2.8% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 84 (73rd percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $280 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 14.3 times the general rate.
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 2.8%. 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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8479.10.00 | Machinery for public works, building or the like | Free |
| 8479.20.00 | Machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils | Free |
| 8479.30.00 | Presses for the manufacture of particle board or fiber building board of wood or other ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork | Free |
| 8479.40.00 | Rope or cable-making machines | Free |
| 8479.50.00 | Industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included | 2.5% |
| 8479.71.00 | Of a kind used in airports | Free |
| 8479.79.00 | Passenger boarding bridges: other | Free |
| 8479.81.00 | For treating metal, including electric wire coil-winders | Free |
| 8479.82.00 | Mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screening, sifting, homogenizing, emulsifying or stirring machines | Free |
| 8479.83.00 | Cold isostatic presses | 2.5% |
| 8479.89.10 | Air humidifiers or dehumidifiers | Free |
| 8479.89.20 | Electromechanical appliances with self-contained electric motor: floor polishers | Free |
| 8479.89.55 | Electromechanical appliances with self-contained electric motor: trash compactors | 2.8% |
| 8479.89.65 | Electromechanical appliances with self-contained electric motor: other | 2.8% |
| 8479.89.70 | Other: carpet sweepers | Free |
| 8479.89.83 | Machines for the manufacturing of optical media | Free |
| 8479.89.92 | Automated electronic component placement machines of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 8479.89.95 | Other: other | 2.5% |
| 8479.90.41 | Of articles of subheading 8479.89.10 or 8479.89.70 | Free |
| 8479.90.45 | Frame assemblies incorporating more than one of the following: baseplate; side frames; power screws; front plates | Free |
| 8479.90.55 | Ram assemblies incorporating a ram wrapper and/or ram cover | Free |
| 8479.90.65 | Container assemblies incorporating more than one of the following: container bottom; container wrapper; slide track; container front | Free |
| 8479.90.75 | Of trash compactors: cabinets or cases | Free |
| 8479.90.85 | Of trash compactors: other | Free |
| 8479.90.95 | Parts: other | Free |