Analysis
HTS 8607.11.00 covers truck assemblies for self-propelled vehicles under heading 8607 (parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3.9%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8607.21.50 (air brakes and parts thereof: other), at 3.9%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.9 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.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 28% of the 32 tariff lines in chapter 86. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 336510 (Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing), an industry of 220 US establishments employing 27,831 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8607.12.00 | Truck assemblies, axles and wheels, and parts thereof: other truck assemblies | 3.6% |
| 8607.19.03 | Axles and parts thereof: axles | 0.4% |
| 8607.19.06 | Axles and parts thereof: parts of axles | 0.4% |
| 8607.19.12 | Wheels, whether or not fitted with axles | Free |
| 8607.19.15 | Wheels and parts thereof, and any of such wheels or parts imported with axles fitted in them: parts of wheels | Free |
| 8607.19.30 | Parts of truck assemblies of vehicles of heading 8605 or 8606 | 3.6% |
| 8607.19.90 | Other, including parts: other | 2.6% |
| 8607.21.10 | For vehicles of heading 8605 or 8606 | 3.6% |
| 8607.21.50 | Air brakes and parts thereof: other | 3.9% |
| 8607.29.10 | For vehicles of heading 8605 or 8606 | 3.6% |
| 8607.29.50 | Other: other | 2.6% |
| 8607.30.10 | For vehicles of heading 8605 or 8606 | 3.6% |
| 8607.30.50 | Hooks and other coupling devices, buffers, and parts thereof: other | 2.6% |
| 8607.91.00 | Other: of locomotives | Free |
| 8607.99.10 | For vehicles of heading 8605 or 8606, except brake regulators | 2.8% |
| 8607.99.50 | Other: other | 3.1% |