8480.50.00

Analysis

HTS 8480.50.00 covers molding boxes for metal foundry; mold bases; molding patterns; molds for metal (other than ingot molds), metal carbides, glass, mineral materials, rubber or… under heading 8480 (molding boxes for metal foundry; mold bases; molding patterns; molds for metal (other…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 3.8%. Compared with 8480.10.00 (molding boxes for metal foundry), which pays 3.8%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.8 percentage points.

For statistics it divides in two: 8480.50.00.10 for injection or compression types and 8480.50.00.90 for other types. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

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.