HTS tariff line · chapter 85
8530.90.00
Electrical signaling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, streetcar lines, subways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields (other than those of heading 8608); parts thereof: parts
Analysis
HTS 8530.90.00 covers electrical signaling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, streetcar lines, subways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port… under heading 8530 (electrical signaling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, streetcar lines…).
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.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85 that are also free. 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 8530.10.00 (equipment for railways, streetcar lines or subways, duty-free) and 8530.80.00 (electrical signaling, safety or traffic control equipment…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334290 (Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 332 US establishments employing 12,455 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8530.10.00 | Equipment for railways, streetcar lines or subways | Free |
| 8530.80.00 | Electrical signaling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, streetcar lines, subways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields (other than those of heading 8608); parts thereof: other equipment | Free |