8480.60.00

Analysis

HTS 8480.60.00 covers molds for mineral materials 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.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8480.10.00 (molding boxes for metal foundry), at 3.8%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.8 percentage points.

For statistics it divides in two: 8480.60.00.10 for injection or compression types and 8480.60.00.90 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.

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.