9026.80.40

Analysis

HTS 9026.80.40 covers heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters, and anemometers under heading 9026 (instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other…).

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 9026.80.20 (other instruments and apparatus: electrical, 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.

All 2 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.