8505.90.70

Analysis

HTS 8505.90.70 covers electromagnets of a kind used solely or principally for magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, other than apparatus of heading 9018 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 8505.90.30 (electromagnetic lifting heads, duty-free), 8505.90.40 (work holders and parts thereof, duty-free) and 8505.90.75 (other, including parts: other, 1.3%).