9003.90.00

Analysis

HTS 9003.90.00 covers frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof: parts under heading 9003 (frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, and parts thereof).

The general duty rate is 2.5% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 90 (84th percentile of 296 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $250 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2.5%. Compared with 9003.19.00 (of other materials), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.5 percentage points.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 50%, 20.0 times the general rate.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.5%. 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.