Analysis
HTS 9022.21.00 covers for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses under heading 9022 (apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionizing…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 1.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 9022.90.95 (other: other) at 1.4%, a difference of 1.4 points on the customs value.
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 334517 (Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing), an industry of 121 US establishments employing 12,598 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9022.12.00 | Computed tomography apparatus | Free |
| 9022.13.00 | Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus: other, for dental uses | Free |
| 9022.14.00 | Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus: other, for medical, surgical or veterinary uses | Free |
| 9022.19.00 | Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus: for other uses | Free |
| 9022.29.40 | Smoke detectors, ionization type | Free |
| 9022.29.80 | For other uses: other | Free |
| 9022.30.00 | Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta, gamma or other ionizing radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus, X-ray tubes and other X-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like; parts and accessories thereof: x-ray tubes | Free |
| 9022.90.05 | Radiation generator units | 0.8% |
| 9022.90.15 | Radiation beam delivery units | 1.4% |
| 9022.90.25 | Other: other apparatus | 0.8% |
| 9022.90.40 | Parts and accessories: of X-ray tubes | 0.9% |
| 9022.90.60 | Of apparatus based on the use of X-rays | Free |
| 9022.90.70 | Of smoke detectors, ionization type | 1% |
| 9022.90.95 | Other: other | 1.4% |