HTS tariff line · chapter 90
9017.10.40
Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic: plotters
Analysis
HTS 9017.10.40 covers drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic: plotters under heading 9017 (drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 9017.30.40 (micrometers and calipers) at 5.8%, a difference of 5.8 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 45% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 45% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 73% of the 296 tariff lines in chapter 90 that are also free. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334118 (Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 284 US establishments employing 11,143 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9017.10.80 | Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic: other | 3.9% |
| 9017.20.40 | Disc calculators, slide rules and other mathematical calculating instruments | 3.9% |
| 9017.20.70 | Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments: plotters | Free |
| 9017.20.80 | Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments: other | 4.6% |
| 9017.30.40 | Micrometers and calipers | 5.8% |
| 9017.30.80 | Micrometers, calipers and gauges: other | 3.9% |
| 9017.80.00 | Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, calipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts and accessories thereof: other instruments | 5.3% |
| 9017.90.01 | Parts and accessories | The rate applicable to the article of which it is a part or accessory |