Analysis
HTS 9026.80.20 covers other instruments and apparatus: electrical under heading 9026 (instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other…).
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.
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 9026.80.40 (heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters, and…, duty-free) and 9026.80.60 (other: other, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334513 (Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables), an industry of 889 US establishments employing 39,166 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9026.80.40 | Heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters, and anemometers | Free |
| 9026.80.60 | Other: other | Free |