9028

Analysis

Heading 9028 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters thereof; parts and accessories thereof. It divides into 4 six-digit subheadings and 4 eight-digit tariff lines, with 5 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

Every one of its 4 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

2 of the lines carry specific or compound rates (per kilogram, per dozen and so on) rather than a percentage, so their burden depends on the unit value of the goods.

The largest subheadings are 9028.10 (unnamed, 1 line), 9028.20 (unnamed, 1 line), 9028.30 (unnamed, 1 line) and 9028.90 (unnamed, 1 line).

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 37th percentile of the headings in chapter 90.

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Totalizing Fluid Meter and Counting Device Manufacturing (334514) and Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.