9019.20.00

Analysis

HTS 9019.20.00 covers ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus; parts and accessories thereof under heading 9019 (mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus…).

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 73% of the 296 tariff lines in chapter 90, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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.

The other lines in the same group are 9019.10.20 (mechano-therapy appliances and massage apparatus; parts and…, duty-free), 9019.10.40 (electrically operated apparatus and parts thereof, duty-free) and 9019.10.60 (other: other, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339113 (Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing), an industry of 1,804 US establishments employing 93,937 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.