8409.99.91

Analysis

HTS 8409.99.91 covers to be installed in vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29, or heading 8702, 8703 or 8704 under heading 8409 (parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 8408). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items and kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 8409.99.99 (other: other) at duty-free, a difference of 2.5 points on the customs value.

The general duty rate is 2.5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 84 (68th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $250 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

For statistics it divides in two: 8409.99.91.10 for connecting rods and 8409.99.91.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 14.0 times the general rate.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.5%. 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.