8708.50.51

Analysis

HTS 8708.50.51 covers for vehicles of heading 8703 under heading 8708 (parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items and kilograms.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2.5%. Compared with 8708.50.93 (other: of cast iron), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.5 percentage points.

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.

For statistics it divides in two: 8708.50.51.10 for drive axles with differential, whether or not provided with… and 8708.50.51.50 for non-driving axles. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

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.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 25%, 10.0 times the general rate.