9306.90.00

Analysis

HTS 9306.90.00 covers bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles and parts thereof… under heading 9306 (bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war and parts…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 5 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 45% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 45% duty.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 62% of the 29 tariff lines in chapter 93. 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 other lines in the same group are 9306.21.00 (shotgun cartridges and parts thereof; air gun pellets…, duty-free), 9306.29.00 (shotgun cartridges and parts thereof; air gun pellets: other, duty-free), 9306.30.41 (cartridges and empty cartridge shells, duty-free) and 9306.30.80 (other cartridges and parts thereof: other, duty-free).