Analysis
HTS 9010.90.95 covers parts and accessories: other under heading 9010 (apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories, not…).
The general duty rate is 2.9% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 90 (86th percentile of 296 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $290 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 9010.90.85 (parts and accessories of articles of subheadings 9010.50 and 9010.60) at duty-free, a difference of 2.9 points on the customs value.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 15.5 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 2.9%. 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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9010.10.00 | Apparatus and equipment for automatically developing photographic (including cinematographic) film or paper in rolls or for automatically exposing developed film to rolls of photographic paper | 2.4% |
| 9010.50.10 | Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes: contact printers | Free |
| 9010.50.20 | Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes: developing tanks | Free |
| 9010.50.30 | Editors and combination editor-splicers, for cinematographic film | Free |
| 9010.50.40 | Articles containing an optical lens or designed to contain such a lens: other | Free |
| 9010.50.50 | Photographic film viewers, titlers, splicers and editors, all the foregoing and combinations thereof: other | Free |
| 9010.50.60 | Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes: other | Free |
| 9010.60.00 | Projection screens | Free |
| 9010.90.85 | Parts and accessories of articles of subheadings 9010.50 and 9010.60 | Free |