HTS tariff line · chapter 93
9307.00.00
Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths therefor
Analysis
HTS 9307.00.00 covers swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths therefor under heading 9307 (swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and…).
The general duty rate is 2.7% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 93 (71st percentile of 29 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $270 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 50%, 18.5 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 2.7%. 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.
It is the only US line under subheading 9307.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 9307.00 points straight here.