Roomba Won’t Face US Tariffs on China, CBP Says
The manufacturing of major Roomba robotic vacuum subassemblies that occurs in Malaysia is enough to consider the vacuum to be of Malaysian origin, and so not subject to U.S. tariffs on China-made products. The vacuum is classified in subheading 8508.11.0000,…
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which was included in the third tranche of Section 301 tariffs on goods from China. IRobot's Roomba "packaged with the Chinese origin accessories of the rechargeable battery, dock station, power card and option virtual wall is a set put up for retail sale," Customs and Border Protection said in a July 31 ruling, released this month. It agreed with iRobot's description.