9006.30.00

Analysis

HTS 9006.30.00 covers cameras specially designed for underwater use, for aerial survey, or for medical or surgical examination of internal organs; comparison cameras for forensic or… under heading 9006 (photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and…).

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.8%. Compared with 9006.59.60 (valued not over $10 each), which pays 6.8%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.8 percentage points.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 73% of the 296 tariff lines in chapter 90, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 20% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 20% duty.

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.