Analysis
HTS 8540.91.20 covers of cathode-ray tubes: deflection coils under heading 8540 (thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode tubes (for example, vacuum or vapor or gas…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 5.4% to 5.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 8540.91.50 (of cathode-ray tubes: other) at 5.4%, a difference of 5.4 points on the customs value.
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.
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.
The other lines in the same group are 8540.91.15 (front panel assemblies, 5.4%) and 8540.91.50 (of cathode-ray tubes: other, 5.4%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334419 (Other Electronic Component Manufacturing), an industry of 1,081 US establishments employing 54,983 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8540.91.15 | Front panel assemblies | 5.4% |
| 8540.91.50 | Of cathode-ray tubes: other | 5.4% |