9011

Analysis

Heading 9011 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinemicrography or microprojection; parts and accessories thereof. It divides into 4 six-digit subheadings and 6 eight-digit tariff lines, with 6 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

The spread of 7.2 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 7.2%, applies to 9011.20.80 (other microscopes, for photomicrography…).

4 of its 6 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (67%) and 2 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 7.2%. The median line pays duty-free.

The largest subheadings are 9011.10 (stereoscopic microscopes, 2 lines), 9011.20 (other microscopes, for photomicrography…, 2 lines), 9011.80 (unnamed, 1 line) and 9011.90 (unnamed, 1 line).

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 37th percentile of the headings in chapter 90.

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.