Analysis
Heading 4011 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers new pneumatic tires, of rubber. It divides into 8 six-digit subheadings and 14 eight-digit tariff lines, with 34 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
6 of its 14 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (43%) and 8 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 4%. The median line pays 3.4%.
The largest subheadings are 4011.80 (of a kind used on construction, mining or…, 3 lines), 4011.90 (other, 3 lines), 4011.10 (of a kind used on motor cars (including station…, 2 lines) and 4011.20 (of a kind used on buses or trucks, 2 lines).
Its median rate of 3.4% sits at the 72nd percentile of the headings in chapter 40.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Tire Manufacturing (except Retreading) (326211). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4011.10.10 | Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars): radial | 4% |
| 4011.10.50 | Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars): other | 3.4% |
| 4011.20.10 | Of a kind used on buses or trucks: radial | 4% |
| 4011.20.50 | Of a kind used on buses or trucks: other | 3.4% |
| 4011.30.00 | Of a kind used on aircraft | Free |
| 4011.40.00 | Of a kind used on motorcycles | Free |
| 4011.50.00 | Of a kind used on bicycles | Free |
| 4011.70.00 | Of a kind used on agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines | Free |
| 4011.80.10 | Having a "herring-bone" or similar tread | Free |
| 4011.80.20 | Other: radial | 4% |
| 4011.80.80 | Other: other | 3.4% |
| 4011.90.10 | Having a "herring-bone" or similar tread | Free |
| 4011.90.20 | Other: radial | 4% |
| 4011.90.80 | Other: other | 3.4% |