Analysis
HTS 8528.72.28 covers incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus under heading 8528 (monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8528.72.84 (with a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm), 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 13 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 25%, 6.4 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8528.72.04 | Incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus | Free |
| 8528.72.08 | Incomplete or unfinished (including assemblies for television receivers consisting of all the parts specified in additional U.S. note 9 to this chapter plus a power supply), presented without a display device: other | Free |
| 8528.72.12 | With a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm | Free |
| 8528.72.16 | Incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus: other | 3.9% |
| 8528.72.20 | With a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm | Free |
| 8528.72.24 | Other: other | 5% |
| 8528.72.32 | Non-high definition, having a single picture tube intended for direct viewing (non-projection type), with a video display diagonal exceeding 35.56 cm: other | 5% |
| 8528.72.36 | Incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus | 3.9% |
| 8528.72.40 | Non-high definition, projection type, with a cathode-ray tube: other | 5% |
| 8528.72.44 | Incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus | 3.9% |
| 8528.72.48 | High definition, non-projection type, with a cathode-ray tube: other | 5% |
| 8528.72.52 | Incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus | 3.9% |
| 8528.72.56 | High definition, projection type, with a cathode-ray tube: other | 5% |
| 8528.72.62 | With a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm | Free |
| 8528.72.64 | Incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus: other | 3.9% |
| 8528.72.68 | With a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm | Free |
| 8528.72.72 | Other: other | 5% |
| 8528.72.76 | With a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm | Free |
| 8528.72.80 | Incorporating video recording or reproducing apparatus: other | 3.9% |
| 8528.72.84 | With a video display diagonal not exceeding 34.29 cm | Free |
| 8528.72.97 | Other: other | 5% |