8501.33.61

Analysis

HTS 8501.33.61 covers of an output exceeding 75 kW but not exceeding 375 kW: generators under heading 8501 (electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)).

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2.8%. Compared with 8501.33.20 (exceeding 75 kW but under 149.2 kW), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.5 percentage points.

The general duty rate is 2.5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 85 (67th percentile of 624 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $250 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 14.0 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 2.5%. 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.