Analysis
HTS 8711.40.30 covers exceeding 500 cc but not exceeding 700 cc under heading 8711 (motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2.4%. Compared with 8711.50.00 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity…), which pays 2.4%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.4 percentage points.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 336991 (Motorcycle, Bicycle, and Parts Manufacturing), an industry of 429 US establishments employing 8,445 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8711.10.00 | With internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cc | Free |
| 8711.20.00 | With internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 50 cc but not exceeding 250 cc | Free |
| 8711.30.00 | With internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 250 cc but not exceeding 500 cc | Free |
| 8711.40.60 | Exceeding 700 cc but not exceeding 800 cc | 2.4% |
| 8711.50.00 | With internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 800 cc | 2.4% |
| 8711.60.00 | With electric motor for propulsion | Free |
| 8711.90.01 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars: other | Free |