Analysis
HTS 4011.20.50 covers of a kind used on buses or trucks: other under heading 4011 (new pneumatic tires, of rubber). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4%. Compared with 4011.90.10 (having a "herring-bone" or similar tread), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.4 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3.4% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 40 (72nd percentile of 142 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $340 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.4%. 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 326211 (Tire Manufacturing (except Retreading)), an industry of 128 US establishments employing 52,211 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring 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% |
| 4011.30.00 | 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% |