9021.50.00

Analysis

HTS 9021.50.00 covers pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles, excluding parts and accessories thereof under heading 9021 (orthopedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other…).

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.

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 334510 (Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing), an industry of 892 US establishments employing 94,361 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.

All 10 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.

The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.