8711.40.60

Analysis

HTS 8711.40.60 covers exceeding 700 cc but not exceeding 800 cc under heading 8711 (motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.08 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 8711.90.01 (motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary…) at duty-free, a difference of 2.4 points on the customs value.

For statistics it divides in two: 8711.40.60.30 for exceeding 700 cc but not exceeding 790 cc and 8711.40.60.60 for exceeding 790 cc but not exceeding 800 cc. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.4%. 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 general duty rate is 2.4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 87 (53rd percentile of 212 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $240 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.