Analysis
HTS 8414.40.00 covers air compressors mounted on a wheeled chassis for towing under heading 8414 (air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 4.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8414.90.91 (parts: other), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.7 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2.7% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 84 (72nd percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $270 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 13.0 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.7%. 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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8414.10.00 | Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters; gas-tight biological safety cabinets, whether or not fitted with filters; parts thereof: vacuum pumps | 2.5% |
| 8414.20.00 | Hand- or foot-operated air pumps | 3.7% |
| 8414.30.40 | Not exceeding 1/4 horsepower | Free |
| 8414.30.80 | Compressors of a kind used in refrigerating equipment (including air conditioning): other | Free |
| 8414.51.30 | Ceiling fans for permanent installation | 4.7% |
| 8414.51.90 | Table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125 W: other | 4.7% |
| 8414.59.10 | Blowers for pipe organs | Free |
| 8414.59.15 | Fans of a kind used solely or principally for cooling microprocessors, telecommunications apparatus, automatic data processing machines or units of automatic data processing machines | Free |
| 8414.59.30 | Turbochargers and superchargers | 2.3% |
| 8414.59.65 | Other: other | 2.3% |
| 8414.60.00 | Hoods having a maximum horizontal side not exceeding 120 cm | Free |
| 8414.70.00 | Gas-tight biological safety cabinets | Free |
| 8414.80.05 | Turbochargers and superchargers | Free |
| 8414.80.16 | Air compressors: other | Free |
| 8414.80.20 | Other, except parts: other compressors | Free |
| 8414.80.90 | Other, except parts: other | 3.7% |
| 8414.90.10 | Of fans (including blowers) and ventilating or recycling hoods | 4.7% |
| 8414.90.30 | Stators and rotors of goods of subheading 8414.30 | Free |
| 8414.90.41 | Of compressors: other | Free |
| 8414.90.91 | Parts: other | Free |