Analysis
HTS 9030.33.34 covers resistance measuring instruments under heading 9030 (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or…).
The general duty rate is 1.7% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 90 (79th percentile of 296 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $170 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to duty-free. Compared with 9030.90.89 (other: other), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 1.7 percentage points.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 23.5 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the civil aircraft agreement, and 14 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 1.7%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334515 (Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals), an industry of 672 US establishments employing 29,914 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9030.10.00 | Instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting ionizing radiations | Free |
| 9030.20.05 | Specially designed for telecommunications | Free |
| 9030.20.10 | Oscilloscopes and oscillographs: other oscilloscopes and oscillographs | Free |
| 9030.31.00 | Multimeters, without a recording device | Free |
| 9030.32.00 | Multimeters, with a recording device | Free |
| 9030.33.38 | Other, without a recording device: other | Free |
| 9030.39.01 | Other instruments and apparatus, for measuring or checking voltage, current, resistance or power (other than those for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices): other, with a recording device | Free |
| 9030.40.00 | Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionizing radiations; parts and accessories thereof:: other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers) | Free |
| 9030.82.00 | For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) | Free |
| 9030.84.00 | Other instruments and apparatus: other, with a recording device | Free |
| 9030.89.01 | Other instruments and apparatus: other | Free |
| 9030.90.25 | Printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 9030.90.46 | For articles of subheading 9030.10: other | Free |
| 9030.90.66 | Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9030.40 or 9030.82 | Free |
| 9030.90.68 | Printed circuit assemblies: other | Free |
| 9030.90.84 | Of instruments and apparatus of subheading 9030.82 | Free |
| 9030.90.89 | Other: other | Free |