Analysis
HTS 9107.00.80 covers valued over $5 each under heading 9107 (time switches with clock or watch movement or with synchronous motor).
The general rate is 45¢ each + 6.4% + 2.5¢/jewel, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 45¢ each + 6.4% + 2.5¢/jewel. 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.
The other line in the same group is 9107.00.40 (valued not over $5 each, 15¢ each + 4% + 2.5¢/jewel).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 335313 (Switchgear and Switchboard Apparatus Manufacturing), an industry of 449 US establishments employing 35,801 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9107.00.40 | Valued not over $5 each | 15¢ each + 4% + 2.5¢/jewel |