9030.90.89

Analysis

HTS 9030.90.89 covers other: other under heading 9030 (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 8 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

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.

The ten-digit suffixes separate of articles of subheading 9030.20, of articles of subheading 9030.31, of articles of subheading 9030.32, of articles of subheading 9030.33, of articles of subheading 9030.39 and of articles of subheading 9030.40 and 1 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.