Analysis
HTS 9620.00.50 covers other: of plastics under heading 9620 (monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 5.8%. Compared with 9620.00.60 (of graphite or other carbon), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 5.3 percentage points.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the civil aircraft agreement, and 14 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 5.3%. 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 general duty rate is 5.3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 96 (62nd percentile of 104 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $530 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 80%, 15.1 times the general rate.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 326199 (All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing), an industry of 5,546 US establishments employing 392,611 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9620.00.10 | Accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading 8519 or 8521 | 2% |
| 9620.00.15 | Accessories for the articles of heading 9005 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is an accessory |
| 9620.00.20 | Accessories for photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras of heading 9006 | 5.8% |
| 9620.00.25 | Accessories for cinematographic cameras of heading 9007 | 3.9% |
| 9620.00.30 | Accessories for the instruments and appliances, including rangefinders, of heading 9015 | The rate applicable to the article of which it is an accessory |
| 9620.00.55 | Other: of wood | 3.3% |
| 9620.00.60 | Of graphite or other carbon | Free |
| 9620.00.65 | Other: of iron or steel | 2.9% |
| 9620.00.70 | Other: of aluminum | 2.5% |