Analysis
HTS 9620.00.60 covers of graphite or other carbon under heading 9620 (monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 2% 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 5.8 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 45% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 45% duty.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 25% of the 104 tariff lines in chapter 96. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 335991 (Carbon and Graphite Product Manufacturing), an industry of 179 US establishments employing 9,844 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
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% |
| 9620.00.55 | Other: of wood | 3.3% |
| 9620.00.65 | Other: of iron or steel | 2.9% |
| 9620.00.70 | Other: of aluminum | 2.5% |