8701.91.50

Analysis

HTS 8701.91.50 covers not exceeding 18 kW: other under heading 8701 (tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)).

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4%. The costliest confusion would be with 8701.29.00 (road tractors for semi-trailers: other) at 4%, a difference of 4 points on the customs value.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 47% of the 212 tariff lines in chapter 87 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 27.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 27.5% duty.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333120 (Construction Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 651 US establishments employing 64,700 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.

The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.