Analysis
HTS 9110.12.00 covers incomplete movements, assembled under heading 9110 (complete watch or clock movements, unassembled or partly assembled (movement sets)…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 4.2% to 9%. The costliest confusion would be with 9110.90.60 (other: other) at 4.2%, a difference of 4.8 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 9% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 91 (92nd percentile of 48 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $900 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, AGOA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 9%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 5.0 times the general rate.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 334519 (Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing), an industry of 913 US establishments employing 34,818 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9110.11.00 | Complete movements, unassembled or partly assembled (movement sets) | The rate applicable to the complete, assembled movement |
| 9110.19.00 | 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% |