9620.00.10

Analysis

HTS 9620.00.10 covers accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8519 or 8521 under heading 9620 (monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 9620.00.20 (accessories for photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras of…), at 5.8%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.8 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 2% of the customs value, which is at the low end of the rates in chapter 96 (26th percentile of 104 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $200 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 17.5 times the general rate.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2%. 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.