Analysis
HTS 9006.59.15 covers valued over $10 each under heading 9006 (photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 6.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9006.59.60 (valued not over $10 each), at 6.8%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 6.8 percentage points.
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.
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 is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9006.59.01 | With through-the-lens viewfinder (single lens reflex (SLR)) | Free |
| 9006.59.05 | Hand held: 110 cameras | Free |
| 9006.59.08 | Hand held: other | 4% |
| 9006.59.10 | Fixed focus: other | Free |
| 9006.59.12 | Valued not over $10 each | 6.8% |
| 9006.59.20 | Cameras of a kind used for preparing printing plates or cylinders | Free |
| 9006.59.40 | Other: fixed focus | 4% |
| 9006.59.60 | Valued not over $10 each | 6.8% |
| 9006.59.91 | Valued over $10 each | Free |