Analysis
HTS 8482.91.00 covers balls, needles and rollers under heading 8482 (ball or roller bearings, and parts thereof). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 8 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Within this group the rate runs from 2.4% to 9.9%. Compared with 8482.99.35 (parts of ball bearings (including parts of ball bearings with…), which pays 9.9%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 5.5 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 4.4% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 84 (91st percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $440 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 4.4%. 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 column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 10.2 times the general rate.
The ten-digit suffixes separate of alloy steel, of copper or copper alloys as described…, needles, tapered rollers, spherical rollers and other cylindrical rollers. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8482.91.00.10 | Of alloy steel | kg | 332991 |
| 8482.91.00.15 | Of copper or copper alloys as described in statistical note 8 to this chapter | kg | |
| 8482.91.00.30 | Other | kg | |
| 8482.91.00.40 | Needles | kg | 332991 |
| 8482.91.00.50 | Tapered rollers | kg | 332991 |
| 8482.91.00.70 | Spherical rollers | kg | 332991 |
| 8482.91.00.80 | Other cylindrical rollers | kg | 332991 |
| 8482.91.00.90 | Other | kg | 332991 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8482.10.10 | Ball bearings with integral shafts | 2.4% |
| 8482.10.50 | Ball bearings: other | 9% |
| 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% |
| 8482.99.05 | 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% |