Analysis
HTS 9108.90.85 covers valued over $15 each under heading 9108 (watch movements, complete and assembled).
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 40% of the 48 tariff lines in chapter 91, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
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 concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9108.90.10 | Measuring 33.8 mm or less | 29¢ each |
| 9108.90.20 | Having no jewels or only one jewel: other | 25¢ each |
| 9108.90.30 | Measuring 33.8 mm or less | 57¢ each |
| 9108.90.40 | Having over one jewel but not over 7 jewels: other | 25¢ each |
| 9108.90.50 | Measuring not over 15.2 mm | $2.16 each |
| 9108.90.60 | Measuring over 15.2 mm | $1.80 each |
| 9108.90.70 | Valued over $15 each | 90¢ each |
| 9108.90.80 | Valued not over $15 each | $1.44 each |
| 9108.90.90 | Measuring 33.8 mm or less | $1.50 each |
| 9108.90.95 | Having over 17 jewels: other | $1.72 each |