8483.10.10

Analysis

HTS 8483.10.10 covers designed for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines or rotary engines under heading 8483 (transmission shafts (including camshafts and crankshafts) and cranks; bearing housings…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items and kilograms.

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 8483.10.50 (transmission shafts (including camshafts and crankshafts) and cranks…) at duty-free, a difference of 2.5 points on the customs value.

The general duty rate is 2.5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 84 (68th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $250 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 14.0 times the general rate.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the civil aircraft agreement, and 14 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.5%. 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.