8532.90.00

Analysis

HTS 8532.90.00 covers electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set); parts thereof: parts under heading 8532 (electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set); parts thereof).

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.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85. 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 is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

All 8 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.

The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.