9506.70.60

Analysis

HTS 9506.70.60 covers ice skates and roller skates, including skating boots with skates attached; parts and accessories thereof: other, including parts and accessories for ice… under heading 9506 (articles and equipment for general physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics, other sports…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in pairs.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2.9%. Compared with 9506.70.40 (ice skates with footwear permanently attached), which pays 2.9%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.9 percentage points.

For statistics it divides in two: 9506.70.60.40 for ice skates and 9506.70.60.80 for parts and accessories. 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.