Analysis
HTS 8510.30.00 covers hair-removing appliances under heading 8510 (shavers, hair clippers and hair-removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor…).
The general duty rate is 4.2% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 85 (92nd percentile of 624 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $420 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.2%. Compared with 8510.90.20 (parts of shavers: other parts of shavers), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.2 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 4.2%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 9.5 times the general rate.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8510.10.00 | Shavers, hair clippers and hair-removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor; parts thereof: shavers | Free |
| 8510.20.10 | Hair clippers to be used for agricultural or horticultural purposes | 4% |
| 8510.20.90 | Hair clippers: other | 4% |
| 8510.90.10 | Blades and cutting heads | Free |
| 8510.90.20 | Parts of shavers: other parts of shavers | Free |
| 8510.90.30 | Parts of hair clippers to be used for agricultural or horticultural purposes | 4% |
| 8510.90.40 | Parts of hair clippers: other parts of hair clippers | 4% |
| 8510.90.55 | Parts: other | 4.2% |