HTS tariff line · chapter 84
8483.40.30
Imported for use with machines for making cellulosic pulp, paper or paperboard
Analysis
HTS 8483.40.30 covers imported for use with machines for making cellulosic pulp, paper or paperboard 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.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 8483.40.80 (ball or roller screws) at 3.8%, a difference of 3.8 points on the customs value.
For statistics it divides in two: 8483.40.30.40 for fixed ratio speed changers and 8483.40.30.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 27.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 27.5% duty.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 8483.40.50 | 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% |