HTS heading · chapter 91
9110
Complete watch or clock movements, unassembled or partly assembled (movement sets); incomplete watch or clock movements, assembled; rough watch or clock movements
Analysis
Heading 9110 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers complete watch or clock movements, unassembled or partly assembled (movement sets); incomplete watch or clock movements, assembled; rough watch or clock movements. It divides into 4 six-digit subheadings and 6 eight-digit tariff lines, with 6 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
None of its 6 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 4.2% to 9% with a median of 9%, so the line you choose sets the duty.
Its median rate of 9% sits at the 92nd percentile of the headings in chapter 91.
3 of the lines carry specific or compound rates (per kilogram, per dozen and so on) rather than a percentage, so their burden depends on the unit value of the goods.
The largest subheadings are 9110.90 (other, 3 lines), 9110.11 (unnamed, 1 line), 9110.12 (unnamed, 1 line) and 9110.19 (unnamed, 1 line).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9110.11.00 | Complete movements, unassembled or partly assembled (movement sets) | The rate applicable to the complete, assembled movement |
| 9110.12.00 | Incomplete movements, assembled | 9% |
| 9110.19.00 | Of watches: rough movements | 9% |
| 9110.90.20 | Complete movements, unassembled or partly assembled (movement sets) | The rate applicable to the complete, assembled movement |
| 9110.90.40 | Consisting of two or more pieces or parts fastened or joined together | 4.3% + 1.7¢/jewel + 0.2¢ for each other piece or part, but if consisting in part of a plate or a set of plates the total duty shall not exceed the duty for the complete movement |
| 9110.90.60 | Other: other | 4.2% |