HTS heading · chapter 84
8409
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 8408
Analysis
Heading 8409 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 8408. It divides into 3 six-digit subheadings and 10 eight-digit tariff lines, with 22 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
4 of its 10 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (40%) and 6 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 2.5%. The median line pays 2.5%.
The largest subheadings are 8409.91 (suitable for use solely or principally with…, 5 lines), 8409.99 (other, 4 lines) and 8409.10 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of 2.5% sits at the 68th percentile of the headings in chapter 84.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing (333618), Motor Vehicle Gasoline Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (336310) and Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (336412). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8409.10.00 | For aircraft engines | Free |
| 8409.91.10 | Cast-iron parts, not advanced beyond cleaning, and machined only for the removal of fins, gates, sprues and risers or to permit location in finishing machinery | Free |
| 8409.91.30 | Aluminum cylinder heads | 2.5% |
| 8409.91.50 | 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% |
| 8409.91.92 | For marine propulsion engines | 2.5% |
| 8409.91.99 | Other: other | 2.5% |
| 8409.99.10 | Cast-iron parts, not advanced beyond cleaning, and machined only for the removal of fins, gates, sprues and risers or to permit location in finishing machinery | Free |
| 8409.99.91 | To be installed in vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29, or heading 8702, 8703 or 8704 | 2.5% |
| 8409.99.92 | For marine propulsion engines | 2.5% |
| 8409.99.99 | Other: other | Free |