8516.90.25

Analysis

HTS 8516.90.25 covers housings and steel bases for the electric flatirons of subheading 8516.40 under heading 8516 (electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3.9%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8516.90.80 (parts for the cooking stoves, ranges and ovens of subheading…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.9 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 3.9% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 85 (88th percentile of 624 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $390 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

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 3.9%. 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 35%, 9.0 times the general rate.