Analysis
HTS 8533.21.00 covers for a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W under heading 8533 (electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating…). 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 dual-in-line package, flat resistor chips, cylindrical leadless resistors, single-in-line, dual-in-line and wirewound. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
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.
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, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8533.21.00.10 | Dual-in-line package | No. | 334416 |
| 8533.21.00.20 | Other (including flat packs) | No. | 334416 |
| 8533.21.00.30 | Flat resistor chips | No. | 334416 |
| 8533.21.00.40 | Cylindrical leadless resistors (including metal film, metal oxide and thick cement film) | No. | 334416 |
| 8533.21.00.50 | Single-in-line | No. | 334416 |
| 8533.21.00.60 | Dual-in-line | No. | 334416 |
| 8533.21.00.70 | Other | No. | 334416 |
| 8533.21.00.80 | Wirewound | No. | 334416 |
| 8533.21.00.90 | Other (including metal film, metal oxide and thick cement film) | No. | 334416 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8533.10.00 | Fixed carbon resistors, composition or film types | Free |
| 8533.29.00 | Other fixed resistors: other | Free |
| 8533.31.00 | For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W | Free |
| 8533.39.00 | Wirewound variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers: other | Free |
| 8533.40.40 | Metal oxide varistors | Free |
| 8533.40.80 | Other variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers: other | Free |
| 8533.90.40 | For the goods of subheading 8533.40, of ceramic or metallic materials, electrically or mechanically reactive to changes in temperature | Free |
| 8533.90.80 | Parts: other | Free |