Analysis
HTS 8607.29.50 covers other: other under heading 8607 (parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 3.9%. Compared with 8607.91.00 (other: of locomotives), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.6 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2.6% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 86 (39th percentile of 32 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $260 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 13.5 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.6%. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 336510 (Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing), an industry of 220 US establishments employing 27,831 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8607.11.00 | Truck assemblies for self-propelled vehicles | Free |
| 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% |
| 8607.30.10 | 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% |