9505.10.40

Analysis

HTS 9505.10.40 covers other: of plastics under heading 9505 (festive, carnival or other entertainment articles, including magic tricks and practical…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 60% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 60% duty.

For statistics it divides in two: 9505.10.40.10 for artificial Christmas trees and 9505.10.40.20 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 60% of the 84 tariff lines in chapter 95, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339999 (All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing), an industry of 3,012 US establishments employing 40,510 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.