Analysis
Subheading 8536.90 covers other apparatus, within heading 8536. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 3 US tariff lines below it are national.
2 of its 3 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (67%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 2.7%. The median line pays duty-free.
The US splits it as follows: 8536.90.40 for terminals, electrical splices and electrical couplings; wafer probers (duty-free), 8536.90.60 for battery clamps of a kind used in motor vehicles of heading 8702… (2.7%) and 8536.90.85 for other apparatus: other (duty-free).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (335931), Switchgear and Switchboard Apparatus Manufacturing (335313) and Noncurrent-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing (335932). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8536.90.40 | Terminals, electrical splices and electrical couplings; wafer probers | Free |
| 8536.90.60 | Battery clamps of a kind used in motor vehicles of heading 8702, 8703, 8704 or 8711 | 2.7% |
| 8536.90.85 | Other apparatus: other | Free |