9403.30.40

Analysis

HTS 9403.30.40 covers bent-wood furniture under heading 9403 (other furniture and parts thereof).

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 42.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 42.5% 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.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 337211 (Wood Office Furniture Manufacturing), an industry of 299 US establishments employing 13,196 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.

All 24 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.

The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.