Analysis
HTS 8805.29.00 covers ground flying trainers and parts thereof: other under heading 8805 (aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor or similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts of…).
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 normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 96% of the 28 tariff lines in chapter 88, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
The other lines in the same group are 8805.10.00 (aircraft launching gear and parts thereof; deck- arrestors…, duty-free) and 8805.21.00 (air combat simulators and parts thereof, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33331 (Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 1,731 US establishments employing 80,504 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
All 2 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8805.10.00 | Aircraft launching gear and parts thereof; deck- arrestors or similar gear and parts thereof | Free |
| 8805.21.00 | Air combat simulators and parts thereof | Free |