Analysis
HTS 8487.10.00 covers ships' or boats' propellers and blades therefor under heading 8487 (machinery parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from 3.9% to 3.9%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8487.90.00 (machinery parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators…), at 3.9%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.9 percentage points.
For statistics it divides in two: 8487.10.00.40 for of copper and 8487.10.00.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84. 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 30% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 30% duty.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8487.90.00 | Machinery parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features, and not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter: other | 3.9% |