9014.10

Analysis

Subheading 9014.10 covers direction finding compasses, within heading 9014. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 4 US tariff lines below it are national.

Every one of its 4 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the subheading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

The US splits it as follows: 9014.10.10 for optical instruments (duty-free), 9014.10.60 for gyroscopic compasses, other than electrical (duty-free), 9014.10.70 for other: electrical (duty-free) and 9014.10.90 for other: other (duty-free).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

Goods only reach 9014.10 once they fall within heading 9014 (direction finding compasses; other navigational instruments and appliances; parts and…). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.