Analysis
HTS 8537.10.91 covers other: other under heading 8537 (boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 5 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2.7%. Compared with 8537.10.80 (touch-sensitive data input devices (so-called "touch screens")…), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.7 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2.7% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 85 (74th percentile of 624 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $270 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 13.0 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.7%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8537.10.30 | Assembled with outer housing or supports, for the goods of headings 8421, 8422, 8450 or 8516 | 2.7% |
| 8537.10.60 | Motor control centers | 2.7% |
| 8537.10.80 | Touch-sensitive data input devices (so-called "touch screens") without display capabilities, for incorporation into apparatus having a display, which function by detecting the presence and location of a touch within the display area (such sensing may be obtained by means of resistance, electrostatic capacity, acoustic pulse recognition, infra-red lights or other touch-sensitive technology) | Free |