Analysis
HTS 8705.30.00 covers fire fighting vehicles under heading 8705 (special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport…).
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 47% of the 212 tariff lines in chapter 87, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
The other lines in the same group are 8705.10.00 (special purpose motor vehicles, other than those…, duty-free), 8705.20.00 (mobile drilling derricks, duty-free), 8705.40.00 (special purpose motor vehicles, other than those…, duty-free) and 8705.90.00 (special purpose motor vehicles, other than those…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 336120 (Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing), an industry of 109 US establishments employing 40,522 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8705.10.00 | Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, wreckers, mobile cranes, fire fighting vehicles, concrete mixers, road sweepers, spraying vehicles, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units): mobile cranes | Free |
| 8705.20.00 | Mobile drilling derricks | Free |
| 8705.40.00 | Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, wreckers, mobile cranes, fire fighting vehicles, concrete mixers, road sweepers, spraying vehicles, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units): concrete mixers | Free |
| 8705.90.00 | Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (for example, wreckers, mobile cranes, fire fighting vehicles, concrete mixers, road sweepers, spraying vehicles, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units): other | Free |