Analysis
HTS 9405.42.84 covers other: other under heading 9405 (luminaires and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts thereof…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 6%. The costliest confusion would be with 9405.42.82 (light-emitting diode (LED) backlights modules, the foregoing which…) at duty-free, a difference of 3.9 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 3.9% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 94 (66th percentile of 110 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $390 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 3.9%. 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 9405.42.84.10 for other lighting sets and 9405.42.84.40 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 9.0 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9405.42.40 | Of base metal: of brass | 4.7% |
| 9405.42.60 | Of base metal: other | 6% |
| 9405.42.82 | Light-emitting diode (LED) backlights modules, the foregoing which are lighting sources that consist of one or more LEDs and one or more connectors and are mounted on a printed circuit or other similar substrate, and other passive components, whether or not combined with optical components or protective diodes, and used as backlights illumination for liquid crystal displays(LCDs) | Free |