Analysis
HTS 8483.30.80 covers bearing housings; plain shaft bearings: other under heading 8483 (transmission shafts (including camshafts and crankshafts) and cranks; bearing housings…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 8 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
The general duty rate is 4.5% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 84 (95th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $450 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 8483.40.30 (imported for use with machines for making cellulosic pulp, paper or…) at duty-free, a difference of 4.5 points on the customs value.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the civil aircraft agreement, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 4.5%. 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.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 10.0 times the general rate.
The ten-digit suffixes separate ball or roller bearing type, rod end bearings, of copper or copper alloys and of copper or copper alloys. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8483.30.80.20 | Ball or roller bearing type | kg | 332991 |
| 8483.30.80.40 | Other | kg | 332991 |
| 8483.30.80.55 | Rod end bearings | No., kg | 336310 |
| 8483.30.80.65 | Other | No., kg | 336310 |
| 8483.30.80.71 | Of copper or copper alloys | No., kg | |
| 8483.30.80.79 | Other | No., kg | |
| 8483.30.80.81 | Of copper or copper alloys | No., kg | |
| 8483.30.80.89 | Other | No., kg |
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% |
| 8483.10.30 | Camshafts and crankshafts: other | 2.5% |
| 8483.10.50 | Transmission shafts (including camshafts and crankshafts) and cranks: other transmission shafts and cranks | Free |
| 8483.20.40 | Flange, take-up, cartridge and hanger units | 4.5% |
| 8483.20.80 | Housed bearings, incorporating ball or roller bearings: other | 4.5% |
| 8483.30.40 | Flange, take-up, cartridge and hanger units | 4.5% |
| 8483.40.10 | Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements entered separately; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters: torque converters | Free |
| 8483.40.30 | Imported for use with machines for making cellulosic pulp, paper or paperboard | Free |
| 8483.40.50 | Fixed ratio speed changers, multiple and variable ratio speed changers each ratio of which is selected by manual manipulation: other | 2.5% |
| 8483.40.70 | Gear boxes and other speed changers: other speed changers | 25¢ each + 3.9% |
| 8483.40.80 | Ball or roller screws | 3.8% |
| 8483.40.90 | Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements entered separately | 2.5% |
| 8483.50.40 | Gray-iron awning or tackle pulleys, not over 6.4 cm in wheel diameter | 5.7% |
| 8483.50.60 | Other: flywheels | 2.8% |
| 8483.50.90 | Other: other | 2.8% |
| 8483.60.40 | Clutches and universal joints | 2.8% |
| 8483.60.80 | Clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints): other | 2.8% |
| 8483.90.10 | Chain sprockets and parts thereof | 2.8% |
| 8483.90.20 | Parts of flange, take-up, cartridge and hanger units | 4.5% |
| 8483.90.30 | Parts of bearing housings and plain shaft bearings: other | 4.5% |
| 8483.90.50 | Parts of gearing, gear boxes and other speed changers | 2.5% |
| 8483.90.70 | Parts of articles of subheading 8483.20 | 5.5% |
| 8483.90.80 | Other: other | 2.8% |