8481.80.10

Analysis

HTS 8481.80.10 covers hand operated: of copper under heading 8481 (taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 10 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items and kilograms.

The general duty rate is 4% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 84 (85th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $400 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Within this group the rate runs from 2% to 5.6%. Compared with 8481.80.90 (other appliances: other), which pays 2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2 percentage points.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 4%. 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.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 47%, 11.8 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate bath and shower faucets, sink and lavatory faucets, supply stops, gate type, globe type and plug type and 2 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.