9026.10.20

Analysis

HTS 9026.10.20 covers for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids: electrical under heading 9026 (instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.

For statistics it divides in two: 9026.10.20.40 for flow meters and 9026.10.20.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

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 9026.10.40 (other: flow meters, duty-free) and 9026.10.60 (other: other, duty-free).