9507.10.00

Analysis

HTS 9507.10.00 covers fishing rods and parts and accessories thereof under heading 9507 (fishing rods, fish hooks and other line fishing tackle; fish landing nets, butterfly nets…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

The general duty rate is 6% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 95 (96th percentile of 84 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $600 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from 3.7% to 9.2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9507.30.20 (valued not over $2.70 each), at 9.2%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.2 percentage points.

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 6%. 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.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 55%, 9.2 times the general rate.

For statistics it divides in two: 9507.10.00.40 for fishing rods and 9507.10.00.80 for parts and accessories. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.