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HTS tariff line · chapter 90

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

Analysis

HTS 9022.30.00 covers 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… 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

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
9022.12.00Computed tomography apparatusFree
9022.13.00Apparatus 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 usesFree
9022.14.00Apparatus 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 usesFree
9022.19.00Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus: for other usesFree
9022.21.00For medical, surgical, dental or veterinary usesFree
9022.29.40Smoke detectors, ionization typeFree
9022.29.80For other uses: otherFree
9022.90.05Radiation generator units0.8%
9022.90.15Radiation beam delivery units1.4%
9022.90.25Other: other apparatus0.8%
9022.90.40Parts and accessories: of X-ray tubes0.9%
9022.90.60Of apparatus based on the use of X-raysFree
9022.90.70Of smoke detectors, ionization type1%
9022.90.95Other: other1.4%