9305.20.80

Analysis

HTS 9305.20.80 covers of shotguns or rifles of heading 9303: other under heading 9305 (parts and accessories of articles of headings 9301 to 9304). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.08 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.2%. Compared with 9305.10.40 (of revolvers or pistols designed to fire only blank cartridges or…), which pays 4.2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.2 percentage points.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 73.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 73.5% duty.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 62% of the 29 tariff lines in chapter 93, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.

The ten-digit suffixes separate of muzzle-loading shotguns, other parts of muzzle-loading shotguns…, stocks and of rifles. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.