9305.91.30

Analysis

HTS 9305.91.30 covers of military weapons of heading 9301: other under heading 9305 (parts and accessories of articles of headings 9301 to 9304). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

For statistics it divides in two: 9305.91.30.10 for of artillery weapons of 9301.10 and 9305.91.30.30 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 62% of the 29 tariff lines in chapter 93 that are also free. 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.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 27.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 27.5% duty.

The other lines in the same group are 9305.91.10 (of military weapons of heading 9301: of rifles, duty-free) and 9305.91.20 (of military weapons of heading 9301: of shotguns, duty-free).