Analysis
HTS 8716.10.00 covers trailers and semi-trailers for housing or camping under heading 8716 (trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; and parts thereof). 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 5.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 8716.90.30 (castors, other than those of heading 8302) at 5.7%, a difference of 5.7 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 45% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 45% duty.
For statistics it divides in two: 8716.10.00.30 for less than 10.6 m in length and 8716.10.00.75 for 10.6 m or more in length. 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8716.20.00 | Self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes | Free |
| 8716.31.00 | Tanker trailers and tanker semi-trailers | Free |
| 8716.39.00 | Other trailers and semi-trailers for the transport of goods: other | Free |
| 8716.40.00 | Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; and parts thereof: other trailers and semi-trailers | Free |
| 8716.80.10 | Farm wagons and carts | Free |
| 8716.80.50 | Other vehicles: other | 3.2% |
| 8716.90.10 | Parts of farm wagons and carts | Free |
| 8716.90.30 | Castors, other than those of heading 8302 | 5.7% |
| 8716.90.50 | Parts: other | 3.1% |