8411.12.40

Analysis

HTS 8411.12.40 covers of a thrust exceeding 25 kN: aircraft turbines under heading 8411 (turbojets, turbopropellers and other gas turbines, and parts thereof).

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 8411.82.80 (of a power exceeding 5,000 kW: other) 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 336412 (Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing), an industry of 440 US establishments employing 75,499 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.

The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.