HTS tariff line · chapter 87
8703.90.01
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars: other
Analysis
HTS 8703.90.01 covers motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing… under heading 8703 (motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons…).
The general duty rate is 2.5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 87 (67th percentile of 212 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.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33611 (Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing), an industry of 222 US establishments employing 236,806 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8703.10.10 | Vehicles specially designed for traveling on snow | 2.5% |
| 8703.10.50 | Vehicles specially designed for traveling on snow; golf carts and similar vehicles: other | 2.5% |
| 8703.21.01 | Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,000 cc | 2.5% |
| 8703.22.01 | Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,000 cc but not exceeding 1,500 cc | 2.5% |
| 8703.23.01 | Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,500 cc but not exceeding 3,000 cc | 2.5% |
| 8703.24.01 | Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 3,000 cc | 2.5% |
| 8703.31.01 | Of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,500 cc | 2.5% |
| 8703.32.01 | Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1,500 cc but not exceeding 2,500 cc | 2.5% |
| 8703.33.01 | Of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2,500 cc | 2.5% |
| 8703.40.00 | Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars: other vehicles, with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, other than those capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | 2.5% |
| 8703.50.00 | Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars: other vehicles, with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, other than those capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | 2.5% |
| 8703.60.00 | Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars: other vehicles, with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor as motors for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | 2.5% |
| 8703.70.00 | Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars: other vehicles, with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) and electric motor as motors for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | 2.5% |
| 8703.80.00 | Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars: other vehicles, with only electric motors for propulsion | 2.5% |