9027.20.50

Analysis

HTS 9027.20.50 covers chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments: electrical under heading 9027 (instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 1.2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9027.50.10 (other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations…), at 1.2%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 1.2 percentage points.

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.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 73% of the 296 tariff lines in chapter 90. 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 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing), an industry of 652 US establishments employing 50,576 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.