Analysis
HTS 8501.32.55 covers other: other under heading 8501 (electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 2.9%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8501.32.20 (exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 14.92 kW), at 2.9%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.9 percentage points.
For statistics it divides in two: 8501.32.55.20 for for use in civil aircraft and 8501.32.55.40 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 58% of the 624 tariff lines in chapter 85. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8501.32.20 | Exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 14.92 kW | 2.9% |
| 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 | Free |
| 8501.32.61 | Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW: generators | 2% |