Analysis
HTS 8509.80.10 covers other appliances: floor polishers under heading 8509 (electromechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor, other than…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.2%. Compared with 8509.80.50 (other appliances: other), which pays 4.2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.2 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 8509.80.20 (kitchen waste disposers (disposals), duty-free) and 8509.80.50 (other appliances: other, 4.2%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 335210 (Small Electrical Appliance Manufacturing), an industry of 178 US establishments employing 8,857 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8509.80.20 | Kitchen waste disposers (disposals) | Free |
| 8509.80.50 | Other appliances: other | 4.2% |