HTS tariff line · chapter 84
8483.60.80
Clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints): other
Analysis
HTS 8483.60.80 covers clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints): other under heading 8483 (transmission shafts (including camshafts and crankshafts) and cranks; bearing housings…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8483.50.40 (gray-iron awning or tackle pulleys, not over 6.4 cm in wheel diameter), at 5.7%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.9 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2.8% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 84 (73rd percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $280 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 16.1 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 2.8%. 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.
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% |
| 8483.30.80 | Bearing housings; plain shaft bearings: other | 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% |
| 8483.90.10 | 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% |