9032.10.00

Analysis

HTS 9032.10.00 covers automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof: thermostats under heading 9032 (automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

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 1.7%. Compared with 9032.81.00 (hydraulic and pneumatic), 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 15 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.