9303.20.00

Analysis

HTS 9303.20.00 covers other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (for example, sporting shot- guns and rifles, muzzle-loading firearms… under heading 9303 (other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 5 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 4.2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9303.90.80 (other: other), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.6 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 2.6% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 93 (66th percentile of 29 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $260 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 65%, 25.0 times the general rate.

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 2.6%. 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.