8484.90.00

Analysis

HTS 8484.90.00 covers gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or more layers of metal; sets or assortments of gaskets and similar joints… under heading 8484 (gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 2.5% to 3.9%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8484.20.00 (gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other…), at 3.9%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 1.4 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 2.5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 84 (68th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $250 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 14.0 times the general rate.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the civil aircraft agreement, and 14 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.5%. 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.