Analysis
HTS 8521.10.60 covers color, cartridge or cassette type: other under heading 8521 (video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner).
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
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.
The other lines in the same group are 8521.10.30 (not capable of recording, duty-free) and 8521.10.90 (magnetic tape-type: other, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334310 (Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 539 US establishments employing 10,977 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
All 2 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8521.10.30 | Not capable of recording | Free |
| 8521.10.90 | Magnetic tape-type: other | Free |