Analysis
HTS 8407.29.00 covers marine propulsion engines: other under heading 8407 (spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 8407.34.48 (to be installed in vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23…) at 2.5%, a difference of 2.5 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333618 (Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 263 US establishments employing 42,686 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8407.10.00 | Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines: aircraft engines | Free |
| 8407.21.00 | Marine propulsion engines: outboard motors | Free |
| 8407.31.00 | Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cc | Free |
| 8407.32.10 | To be installed in tractors suitable for agricultural use | Free |
| 8407.32.20 | To be installed in vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29, or heading 8702, 8703 or 8704 | Free |
| 8407.32.90 | Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc but not exceeding 250 cc: other | Free |
| 8407.33.10 | To be installed in tractors suitable for agricultural use | Free |
| 8407.33.30 | To be installed in vehicles specially designed for traveling on snow, golf carts, non-amphibious all-terrain vehicles and burden carriers | Free |
| 8407.33.60 | To be installed in vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29, or heading 8702, 8703 or 8704: other | 2.5% |
| 8407.33.90 | Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 250 cc but not exceeding 1,000 cc: other | Free |
| 8407.34.05 | To be installed in tractors suitable for agricultural use | Free |
| 8407.34.14 | To be installed in vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29, or heading 8702, 8703 or 8704: used or rebuilt | 2.5% |
| 8407.34.18 | To be installed in vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29, or heading 8702, 8703 or 8704: other | 2.5% |
| 8407.34.25 | Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 2,000 cc: other | Free |
| 8407.34.35 | To be installed in tractors suitable for agricultural use | Free |
| 8407.34.44 | To be installed in vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29, or heading 8702, 8703 or 8704: used or rebuilt | 2.5% |
| 8407.34.48 | To be installed in vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29, or heading 8702, 8703 or 8704: other | 2.5% |
| 8407.34.55 | Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2,000 cc: other | Free |
| 8407.90.10 | To be installed in agricultural or horticultural machinery or equipment | Free |
| 8407.90.90 | Other engines: other | Free |