9015.30.80

Analysis

HTS 9015.30.80 covers levels: other under heading 9015 (surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic…).

The general duty rate is 2.8% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 90 (85th percentile of 296 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $280 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to duty-free, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9015.90.01 (parts and accessories), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.8 percentage points.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 16.1 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 2.8%. 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.