Analysis
HTS 9209.99.80 covers other: other under heading 9209 (parts (for example, mechanisms for music boxes) and accessories (for example, cards…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9209.99.61 (other: for music boxes), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 5.3 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 5.3% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 92 (86th percentile of 40 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $530 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 5.3%. 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 40%, 7.5 times the general rate.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9209.99.05 | Metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes | Free |
| 9209.99.10 | Mutes for musical instruments; pedals, dampers and spurs for drums; pedals and holders for cymbals; lyres and other music holders for attachment to musical instruments; and collapsible stands for holding music or for holding musical instruments | 5.7% |
| 9209.99.16 | For pipe organs of subheading 9205.90.12 | Free |
| 9209.99.18 | For instruments of subheading 9205.90.14 | 2.7% |
| 9209.99.20 | Other: for bagpipes | Free |
| 9209.99.40 | For other woodwind and brass wind musical instruments | Free |
| 9209.99.61 | Other: for music boxes | Free |