8711.10.00

Analysis

HTS 8711.10.00 covers with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cc under heading 8711 (motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 2.4%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8711.50.00 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity…), at 2.4%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.4 percentage points.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 47% of the 212 tariff lines in chapter 87. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 336991 (Motorcycle, Bicycle, and Parts Manufacturing), an industry of 429 US establishments employing 8,445 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 10% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 10% duty.