Analysis
HTS 9620.00.55 covers other: of wood under heading 9620 (monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 9620.00.60 (of graphite or other carbon) at duty-free, a difference of 3.3 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 3.3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 96 (40th percentile of 104 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $330 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 3.3%. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 321999 (All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing), an industry of 2,327 US establishments employing 31,381 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
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 |
| 9620.00.50 | Other: of plastics | 5.3% |
| 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% |