Analysis
HTS 9603.90.80 covers other: other under heading 9603 (brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 5 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 32%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9603.10.60 (valued over 96¢ each), at 32%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 29.2 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2.8% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 96 (34th percentile of 104 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $280 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 50%, 17.9 times the general rate.
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 2.8%. 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9603.10.05 | In any calendar year prior to the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for comsumption, of 61,655 dozen whiskbrooms classifiable under subheadings 9603.10.05 to 9603.10.35, inclusive | 8% |
| 9603.10.15 | Valued not over 96¢ each: other | 5¢ each |
| 9603.10.35 | Valued over 96¢ each | 14% |
| 9603.10.40 | In any calendar year prior to the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of 121,478 dozen brooms classifiable under subheadings 9603.10.40 to 9603.10.60, inclusive | 8% |
| 9603.10.50 | Valued not over 96¢ each: other | 32¢ each |
| 9603.10.60 | Valued over 96¢ each | 32% |
| 9603.10.90 | Brooms and brushes, consisting of twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles: other | 10% |
| 9603.21.00 | Toothbrushes, including dental-plate brushes | Free |
| 9603.29.40 | Valued not over 40¢ each | 0.2¢ each + 7% |
| 9603.29.80 | Valued over 40¢ each | 0.3¢ each + 3.6% |
| 9603.30.20 | Valued not over 5¢ each | 2.6% |
| 9603.30.40 | Valued over 5¢ but not over 10¢ each | Free |
| 9603.30.60 | Valued over 10¢ each | Free |
| 9603.40.20 | Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603.30); paint pads and rollers: paint rollers | 7.5% |
| 9603.40.40 | Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes (other than brushes of subheading 9603.30); paint pads and rollers: other | 4% |
| 9603.50.00 | Brooms, brushes (including brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorized, mops and feather dusters; prepared knots and tufts for broom or brush making; paint pads and rollers; squeegees (other than roller squeegees): other brushes constituting parts of machines, appliances or vehicles | Free |
| 9603.90.40 | Other: feather dusters | Free |