Analysis
HTS 8510.90.10 covers blades and cutting heads under heading 8510 (shavers, hair clippers and hair-removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.2%. Compared with 8510.90.55 (parts: other), which pays 4.2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.2 percentage points.
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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 27.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 27.5% duty.
The other lines in the same group are 8510.90.20 (parts of shavers: other parts of shavers, duty-free), 8510.90.30 (parts of hair clippers to be used for agricultural or…, 4%), 8510.90.40 (parts of hair clippers: other parts of hair clippers, 4%) and 8510.90.55 (parts: other, 4.2%).
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |