Analysis
HTS 9114.30.40 covers not exceeding 50 mm in width under heading 9114 (other clock or watch parts).
The general rate is 0.4¢ each + 7.2%, 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 Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 14 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 0.4¢ each + 7.2%. 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.
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.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of 0.4¢ each + 7.2%.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9114.30.80 | Exceeding 50 mm in width | 4.4% |
| 9114.40.20 | Watch movement bottom or pillar plates or their equivalent | 12¢ each |
| 9114.40.40 | Any plate, or set of plates, suitable for assembling thereon a clock movement | 10¢ each |
| 9114.40.60 | Other: for watches | 7.3% |
| 9114.40.80 | Other: other | 4.2% |
| 9114.90.10 | Other: jewels | Free |
| 9114.90.15 | For watch movements | 7.2% |
| 9114.90.30 | For clock movements | 6% + 2.3¢/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 |
| 9114.90.34 | Springs, including hairsprings: for watches | 7.3% |
| 9114.90.38 | Springs, including hairsprings: other | 4.2% |
| 9114.90.40 | Other: for watches | 8.8% |
| 9114.90.50 | Other: other | 4.2% |