Analysis
HTS 9114.90.10 covers other: jewels under heading 9114 (other clock or watch parts).
Within this group the rate runs from 4.2% to 8.8%. Compared with 9114.90.40 (other: for watches), which pays 8.8%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 8.8 percentage points.
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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 10% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 10% duty.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |