Analysis
HTS 8532.30.00 covers variable or adjustable (pre-set) capacitors under heading 8532 (electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set); parts thereof). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
For statistics it divides in two: 8532.30.00.10 for mica, ceramic or glass dielectric and 8532.30.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334416 (Capacitor, Resistor, Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor Manufacturing), an industry of 322 US establishments employing 15,225 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8532.10.00 | Fixed capacitors designed for use in 50/60 Hz circuits and having a reactive power handling capacity of not less than 0.5 kvar (power capacitors) | Free |
| 8532.21.00 | Other fixed capacitors: tantalum | Free |
| 8532.22.00 | Aluminum electrolytic | Free |
| 8532.23.00 | Ceramic dielectric, single layer | Free |
| 8532.24.00 | Ceramic dielectric, multilayer | Free |
| 8532.25.00 | Dielectric of paper or plastics | Free |
| 8532.29.00 | Other fixed capacitors: other | Free |
| 8532.90.00 | Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set); parts thereof: parts | Free |