9002.20.80

Analysis

HTS 9002.20.80 covers filters and parts and accessories thereof: other under heading 9002 (lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 2.45%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9002.11.40 (for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers…), at 2.45%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.5 percentage points.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 65% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 65% duty.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 73% of the 296 tariff lines in chapter 90. 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.

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 is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.