Analysis
HTS 8414.80.05 covers turbochargers and superchargers under heading 8414 (air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 8414.80.90 (other, except parts: other) at 3.7%, a difference of 3.7 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.
The other lines in the same group are 8414.80.16 (air compressors: other, duty-free), 8414.80.20 (other, except parts: other compressors, duty-free) and 8414.80.90 (other, except parts: other, 3.7%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333912 (Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing), an industry of 275 US establishments employing 20,379 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |