8609.00.00

Analysis

HTS 8609.00.00 covers containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport under heading 8609 (containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and…).

This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.08 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 28% of the 32 tariff lines in chapter 86. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.

It is the only US line under subheading 8609.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 8609.00 points straight here.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.