8708.99.55

Analysis

HTS 8708.99.55 covers vibration control goods containing rubber under heading 8708 (parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705).

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 8708.99.53 (other: of cast-iron) at duty-free, a difference of 2.5 points on the customs value.

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.

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