8532.25.00

Analysis

HTS 8532.25.00 covers dielectric of paper or plastics under heading 8532 (electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set); parts thereof). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 9 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

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 ten-digit suffixes separate less than 300 V, 300 V or greater, but less than 600 V, 600 V or greater, but less than 1,000 V, 1,000 V or greater, designed for surface mounting and axial leads and 1 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.

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.