Analysis
HTS 8711.60.00 covers with electric motor for propulsion 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.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.4%. The costliest confusion would be with 8711.50.00 (with internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity…) at 2.4%, a difference of 2.4 points on the customs value.
For statistics it divides in two: 8711.60.00.50 for of an output not exceeding 250 W and 8711.60.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 47% of the 212 tariff lines in chapter 87 that are also free. 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, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
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 |
| 8711.40.30 | Exceeding 500 cc but not exceeding 700 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% |
| 8711.90.01 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars: other | Free |