Analysis
Subheading 8504.90 covers parts, within heading 8504. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 5 US tariff lines below it are national.
Every one of its 5 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the subheading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The US splits it as follows: 8504.90.20 for printed circuit assemblies (duty-free), 8504.90.41 for of power supplies for automatic data processing machines or units… (duty-free), 8504.90.65 for of the goods of subheading 8504.40 or 8504.50 for telecommunication… (duty-free), 8504.90.75 for printed circuit assemblies: other (duty-free) and 8504.90.96 for other: other (duty-free).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing (335311), Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing (334418) and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (334419). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8504.90.20 | Printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 8504.90.41 | Of power supplies for automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471; of power supplies for goods of subheading 8443.31 or 8443.32; of power supplies for monitors of subheading 8528.42 or 8528.52 or projectors of subheading 8528.62: other | Free |
| 8504.90.65 | Of the goods of subheading 8504.40 or 8504.50 for telecommunication apparatus | Free |
| 8504.90.75 | Printed circuit assemblies: other | Free |
| 8504.90.96 | Other: other | Free |