Analysis
HTS 8505.90.30 covers electromagnetic lifting heads under heading 8505 (electromagnets; permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 1.3%. Compared with 8505.90.75 (other, including parts: other), which pays 1.3%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 1.3 percentage points.
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 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other lines in the same group are 8505.90.40 (work holders and parts thereof, duty-free), 8505.90.70 (electromagnets of a kind used solely or principally for…, duty-free) and 8505.90.75 (other, including parts: other, 1.3%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 335999 (All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing), an industry of 828 US establishments employing 40,468 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8505.90.40 | Work holders and parts thereof | Free |
| 8505.90.70 | Electromagnets of a kind used solely or principally for magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, other than apparatus of heading 9018 | Free |
| 8505.90.75 | Other, including parts: other | 1.3% |