Analysis
HTS 8511.90.60 covers parts: other parts under heading 8511 (electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3.1%. The costliest confusion would be with 8511.90.40 (of voltage and voltage-current regulators with cut-out relays: other) at duty-free, a difference of 2.5 points on the customs value.
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.
For statistics it divides in two: 8511.90.60.20 for distributor contact (breaker point) sets and 8511.90.60.40 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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 Chile FTA, and 13 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8511.90.20 | Designed for use on 6, 12 or 24 V systems | 3.1% |
| 8511.90.40 | Of voltage and voltage-current regulators with cut-out relays: other | Free |