Analysis
HTS 9101.91.20 covers with opto-electronic display only under heading 9101 (wrist watches, pocket watches and other watches, including stop watches, with case of…).
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 40% of the 48 tariff lines in chapter 91. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other lines in the same group are 9101.91.40 (having no jewels or only one jewel in the movement, duty-free) and 9101.91.80 (other: other, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing), an industry of 913 US establishments employing 34,818 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
All 2 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9101.91.40 | Having no jewels or only one jewel in the movement | Free |
| 9101.91.80 | Other: other | Free |