Analysis
HTS 9402.10.00 covers dentists', barbers' or similar chairs and parts thereof under heading 9402 (medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture (for example, operating tables…).
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 54% of the 110 tariff lines in chapter 94 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
The other line in the same group is 9402.90.00 (medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture (for…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339114 (Dental Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing), an industry of 503 US establishments employing 16,518 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9402.90.00 | Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture (for example, operating tables, examination tables, hospital beds with mechanical fittings, dentists' chairs); barbers' chairs and similar chairs, having rotating as well as both reclining and elevating movements; parts of the foregoing articles: other | Free |