Analysis
HTS 8509.80.20 covers kitchen waste disposers (disposals) under heading 8509 (electromechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor, other than…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4.2%. The costliest confusion would be with 8509.80.50 (other appliances: other) at 4.2%, a difference of 4.2 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85 that are also free. 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 8509.80.10 (other appliances: floor polishers, duty-free) and 8509.80.50 (other appliances: other, 4.2%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 335220 (Major Household Appliance Manufacturing), an industry of 180 US establishments employing 47,877 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8509.80.10 | Other appliances: floor polishers | Free |
| 8509.80.50 | Other appliances: other | 4.2% |