Nine out of ten bosses who make pipe fittings have a headache when they mention HS coding. The product is right and the customer has negotiated. As a result, because of the code error, the customs deducts the goods, overpays taxes, and the tax refund cycle is lengthened-who knows who is involved in these bad things. Metal expansion joints have many categories, miscellaneous materials and various uses. Which category does they fall into? Today, let's get this straight.
HS coding is not random in a dictionary. Material and structure are the key
The HS code of metal expansion joint mainly depends on two things: material proportion and structural form. Pure metal bellows, flanged, rectangular or round, the corresponding code may be several digits different. For example, our siteUniversal corrugated expansion jointAndAlthough high-temperature axial expansion joints are all equipped with bellows, the general type is used in ordinary pipelines. High-temperature axial special power station boilers-the customs will divide them according to the temperature resistance grade and functional use of materials, and the coding is probably not under the same tax item. AgainNon-metallic expansion joints (fabric fiber expansion joints), the main body is glass fiber or polytetrafluoroethylene fabric, the material has changed, the code directly skips to Chapter 59 or Chapter 63, and it has nothing to do with metals.
A practical shortcut: first find out the proportion of product materials
You want to export a batch on handLarge-diameter thick-walled expansion joints, don't turn through the coding table when you come up. We must first find out how much wall thickness and how high the pressure level is. This product has increased wall thickness and strong pressure capacity, and the customs will likely classify it as steel pipe accessories (chapter 73) rather than general corrugated pipes (chapter 84). But if it isLined with PTFE hose, lined with PTFE, then classified as composite material, coded to plastic (chapter 39) side. Does it feel messy? But this is the rule-material determines chapter, function determines item, structure determines sub-item.
Official Tools Don't Waste: Customs Classification Decisions and Tariff Notes
Check the HS code of metal expansion joint, and the most reliable one is the notes in Chapter 73 and Chapter 84 of Import and Export Tariffs. Many customers are too lazy to turn over, and they are afraid of being pitted when they find someone to check for them. In fact, there are many public classification decisions in China. If you try to search for "Customs Classification Decision Expansion Joint", you can find a lot of lessons from the past. I met a client two days ago. His familyRotary compensator, customs was classified as valve category (chapter 84). The reason is that it compensates for displacement by rotating, which belongs to a kind of regulating valve-do you say it is wrong or not? But customs has customs logic, and you can only follow its rules. If the product isDouble-sealed single-axis circular baffle door, the customs may directly classify it according to valve or damper, which is completely different from ordinary expansion joint.
A single digit difference, the tax rebate rate can be several points different
Don't underestimate the difference in HS coding. A single digit difference, the tax refund rate can drop from 13% to 9%, and even some codes need commodity inspection, which drags on the cycle for half a month. So many products on our site- -Metal hoses,a rubber compensator,directly buried (fully buried) type expansion joint,Air cooled island vacuum duct double hinge expansion joint-each has to be nucleated separately. Such asrubber compensatorThe main body is rubber plus plies, and the material belongs to Chapter 40 rubber products;PTFE compensator is classified into Chapter 39 Plastic Products. Both are compensators, but the coding is a hundred and eighty thousand miles away.
The dumbest but most reliable way: ask the manufacturer's technical department
If you are not sure how to report your own products, go directly to the technical department of the manufacturer. They know best what materials are used in the product and what standards are enforced. It is much more reliable to get the material certificate, design drawings, temperature and pressure resistance parameters, and then go to a professional customs broker than to guess yourself. If the product is already listed in the product library of this site, such asCorrugated expansion joints for power station industry orDesulfurization flue gas baffle doors can basically be declared according to the common code of the industry-but it is necessary to confirm whether the specific size and pressure level have changed. Such asExternal pressure single type axial type expansion joint andThe double hinge transverse expansion joint has different structural complexity, and the customs classification details of them are also different.
A small reminder: Don't use the baffle door as an expansion joint
The station hasFlue gas baffle door,Manual plug-in type insulation door,Electric plug-in type insulation door,Single-axis double-flapper doors-the core function of these gadgets is to isolate or regulate air flow, and customs will probably return by valve (chapter 84). Whilesleeve-type pipe expansion joint,Curved tube pressure balance type expansion joints, whose core function is to compensate for displacement, really belong to the category of expansion joints. One word difference, the encoding path is completely different. Check the coding, once you get it right, the sea and sky will be brighter behind; If you report an error, the subsequent order will be changed, taxes paid, and goods will be deducted, and the cost will double. Can you still live with this nightmare?