Analysis
HTS 8482.10.50 covers ball bearings: other under heading 8482 (ball or roller bearings, and parts thereof). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 15 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Within this group the rate runs from 2.4% to 9.9%. Compared with 8482.10.10 (ball bearings with integral shafts), which pays 2.4%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.6 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 9% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 84 (100th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $900 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 9%. 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.
The ten-digit suffixes separate unground bearings, thrust bearings, linear bearings, flanged, maximum or full capacity type and under 9 mm and 5 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 67%, 7.4 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8482.10.50.04 | Unground bearings | No. | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.08 | Thrust bearings | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.12 | Linear bearings | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.16 | Flanged | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.24 | Other | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.28 | Other | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.32 | Maximum or full capacity type | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.36 | Under 9 mm | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.44 | 9 mm and over but not over 30 mm | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.48 | Over 30 mm but not over 52 mm | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.52 | Over 52 mm but not over 100 mm. | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.56 | Over 100 mm | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.60 | Double row ball bearings | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.64 | Other | No., kg | 332991 |
| 8482.10.50.68 | Other | No., kg | 332991 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8482.10.10 | Ball bearings with integral shafts | 2.4% |
| 8482.20.00 | Tapered roller bearings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies | 5.8% |
| 8482.30.00 | Spherical roller bearings | 5.8% |
| 8482.40.00 | Needle roller bearings, including cage and needle roller assemblies | 5.8% |
| 8482.50.00 | Ball or roller bearings, and parts thereof: other cylindrical roller bearings, including cage and roller assemblies | 5.8% |
| 8482.80.00 | Ball or roller bearings, and parts thereof: other, including combined ball/roller bearings | 5.8% |
| 8482.91.00 | Balls, needles and rollers | 4.4% |
| 8482.99.05 | Inner or outer rings or races: for ball bearings | 9.9% |
| 8482.99.15 | For tapered roller bearings | 5.8% |
| 8482.99.25 | Inner or outer rings or races: other | 5.8% |
| 8482.99.35 | Parts of ball bearings (including parts of ball bearings with integral shafts) | 9.9% |
| 8482.99.45 | Parts of tapered roller bearings | 5.8% |
| 8482.99.65 | Other: other | 5.8% |