9032.89.60

Analysis

HTS 9032.89.60 covers other: other under heading 9032 (automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 9 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.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 1.1% to 1.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 9032.89.20 (designed for use in a 6, 12 or 24 V system) at 1.1%, a difference of 0.6 points on the customs value.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 23.5 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate complete systems, complete systems, temperature control instruments, pressure and draft control instruments, flow and liquid level control… and humidity control instruments. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.

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.