9032.90.61

Analysis

HTS 9032.90.61 covers parts and accessories: other under heading 9032 (automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

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.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 1.1% to 1.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9032.90.21 (designed for use in a 6, 12 or 24 V system), at 1.1%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 0.6 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.