Analysis
HTS 9026.80.60 covers other: other 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 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.
The other lines in the same group are 9026.80.20 (other instruments and apparatus: electrical, duty-free) and 9026.80.40 (heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters, and…, 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, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
All 2 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9026.80.20 | Other instruments and apparatus: electrical | Free |
| 9026.80.40 | Heat meters incorporating liquid supply meters, and anemometers | Free |