Analysis
HTS 8406.82.90 covers of an output not exceeding 40 MW: other under heading 8406 (steam turbines and other vapor turbines, and parts thereof).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.7%. Compared with 8406.82.10 (of an output not exceeding 40 MW: steam turbines), which pays 6.7%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.7 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 27.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 27.5% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333611 (Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Units Manufacturing), an industry of 199 US establishments employing 25,748 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8406.10.10 | Turbines for marine propulsion: steam turbines | 6.7% |
| 8406.10.90 | Turbines for marine propulsion: other | Free |
| 8406.81.10 | Of an output exceeding 40 MW: steam turbines | 6.7% |
| 8406.81.90 | Of an output exceeding 40 MW: other | Free |
| 8406.82.10 | Of an output not exceeding 40 MW: steam turbines | 6.7% |
| 8406.90.20 | Rotors, finished for final assembly | 5% |
| 8406.90.30 | Rotors, not further advanced than cleaned or machined for removal of fins, gates, sprues, and risers, or to permit location in finishing machinery | 5% |
| 8406.90.40 | Blades, rotating or stationary | 5% |
| 8406.90.45 | Of steam turbines: other | 5% |
| 8406.90.50 | Rotors, finished for final assembly | Free |
| 8406.90.60 | Rotors, not further advanced than cleaned or machined for removal of fins, gates, sprues, and risers, or to permit location in finishing machinery | Free |
| 8406.90.70 | Blades, rotating or stationary | Free |
| 8406.90.75 | Other: other | Free |