HTS tariff line · chapter 85
8501.32.45
Electric motors of a kind used as the primary source of mechanical power for electrically powered vehicles of subheadings 8703.40, 8703.50, 8703.60, 8703.70 or 8703.80
Analysis
HTS 8501.32.45 covers electric motors of a kind used as the primary source of mechanical power for electrically powered vehicles of subheadings 8703.40, 8703.50, 8703.60, 8703.70 or… under heading 8501 (electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2.9%. Compared with 8501.32.20 (exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 14.92 kW), which pays 2.9%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.9 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The other lines in the same group are 8501.32.20 (exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 14.92 kW, 2.9%), 8501.32.55 (other: other, duty-free) and 8501.32.61 (of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW…, 2%).
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8501.32.20 | Exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 14.92 kW | 2.9% |
| 8501.32.55 | Other: other | Free |
| 8501.32.61 | Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW: generators | 2% |