Analysis
HTS 9604.00.00 covers hand sieves and hand riddles under heading 9604 (hand sieves and hand riddles).
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 4.9%. 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.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 8.2 times the general rate.
The general duty rate is 4.9% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 96 (57th percentile of 104 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $490 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
It is the only US line under subheading 9604.00, so the six-digit code used by every Harmonized System country and the eight-digit US line describe the same goods; a foreign tariff or an exporter's invoice showing 9604.00 points straight here.