Analysis
HTS 9401.61.40 covers chairs: other under heading 9401 (seats (other than those of heading 9402), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 54% of the 110 tariff lines in chapter 94, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
The other lines in the same group are 9401.61.20 (chairs: of teak, duty-free) and 9401.61.60 (upholstered: other, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 337121 (Upholstered Household Furniture Manufacturing), an industry of 988 US establishments employing 62,963 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9401.61.20 | Chairs: of teak | Free |
| 9401.61.60 | Upholstered: other | Free |