Analysis
HTS 8516.40.40 covers electric flatirons: other under heading 8516 (electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.3%. The costliest confusion would be with 8516.90.80 (parts for the cooking stoves, ranges and ovens of subheading…) at duty-free, a difference of 2.8 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 2.8% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 85 (77th percentile of 624 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $280 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 14.3 times the general rate.
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 2.8%. 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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8516.10.00 | Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters | Free |
| 8516.21.00 | Storage heating radiators | Free |
| 8516.29.00 | Electric space heating apparatus and electric soil heating apparatus: other | 3.7% |
| 8516.31.00 | Electrothermic hairdressing or hand-drying apparatus: hair dryers | 3.9% |
| 8516.32.00 | Electrothermic hairdressing or hand-drying apparatus: other hairdressing apparatus | 3.9% |
| 8516.33.00 | Hand-drying apparatus | Free |
| 8516.40.20 | Electric flatirons: travel type | Free |
| 8516.50.00 | Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electrothermic hairdressing apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric flatirons; other electrothermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; electric heating resistors, other than those of heading 8545; parts thereof: microwave ovens | 2% |
| 8516.60.40 | Cooking stoves, ranges and ovens | Free |
| 8516.60.60 | Other ovens; cooking stoves, ranges, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters: other | 2.7% |
| 8516.71.00 | Coffee or tea makers | 3.7% |
| 8516.72.00 | Other electrothermic appliances: toasters | 5.3% |
| 8516.79.00 | Other electrothermic appliances: other | 2.7% |
| 8516.80.40 | Assembled only with simple insulated former and electrical connections, used for anti-icing or deicing | Free |
| 8516.80.80 | Electric heating resistors: other | Free |
| 8516.90.05 | Of heaters or heating apparatus of subheading 8516.10, 8516.21 or 8516.29 | 3.7% |
| 8516.90.15 | Housings for the hand-drying apparatus of subheading 8516.33 | 3.9% |
| 8516.90.25 | Housings and steel bases for the electric flatirons of subheading 8516.40 | 3.9% |
| 8516.90.35 | Assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: cooking chamber; structural supporting chassis; door; outer case | Free |
| 8516.90.45 | Printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 8516.90.50 | Parts for the microwave ovens of subheading 8516.50: other | Free |
| 8516.90.55 | Cooking chambers, whether or not assembled | Free |
| 8516.90.65 | Top surface panels with or without heating elements or controls | Free |
| 8516.90.75 | Door assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: inner panel; outer panel; window; insulation | Free |
| 8516.90.80 | Parts for the cooking stoves, ranges and ovens of subheading 8516.60.40: other | Free |
| 8516.90.85 | Housings for toasters | 3.9% |
| 8516.90.90 | Parts: other | 3.9% |