Analysis
HTS 8483.10.30 covers camshafts and crankshafts: other under heading 8483 (transmission shafts (including camshafts and crankshafts) and cranks; bearing housings…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 8483.10.30.10 for for vehicles of chapter 87 and 8483.10.30.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8483.10.10 | Designed for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines or rotary engines | 2.5% |
| 8483.10.50 | Transmission shafts (including camshafts and crankshafts) and cranks: other transmission shafts and cranks | Free |