Analysis
HTS 9403.99.90 covers other: other under heading 9403 (other furniture and parts thereof). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 7 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.
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 ten-digit suffixes separate for toddler beds, cribs, bassinets and…, for play yards and other enclosures for…, welded wire rack, whether or not…, parts for steel racks of statistical… and of cotton, cut to shape. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 337121 (Upholstered Household Furniture Manufacturing), an industry of 988 US establishments employing 62,963 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9403.99.90.10 | For toddler beds, cribs, bassinets and cradles | No. | 337121 |
| 9403.99.90.15 | For play yards and other enclosures for confining children | No. | 337121 |
| 9403.99.90.20 | Welded wire rack, whether or not galvanized, plated or coated | kg | 337215 |
| 9403.99.90.40 | Parts for steel racks of statistical reporting number 9403.20.0082 | kg | |
| 9403.99.90.45 | Other | kg | |
| 9403.99.90.51 | Of cotton, cut to shape | kg | 337121 |
| 9403.99.90.61 | Other | kg, No. | 337215 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9403.99.10 | Of furniture of a kind used for motor vehicles | Free |
| 9403.99.20 | Of cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials | Free |
| 9403.99.30 | Of reinforced or laminated plastics | Free |
| 9403.99.40 | Of rubber or plastics: other | Free |
| 9403.99.50 | Of textile material, except cotton | Free |