9032.81.00

Analysis

HTS 9032.81.00 covers hydraulic and pneumatic 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.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 1.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9032.90.61 (parts and accessories: other), at 1.7%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 1.7 percentage points.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% 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 334513 (Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables), an industry of 889 US establishments employing 39,166 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.