Analysis
HTS 8716.80.50 covers other vehicles: other under heading 8716 (trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; and parts thereof). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 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 8716.90.10 (parts of farm wagons and carts) at duty-free, a difference of 3.2 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 3.2% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 87 (81st percentile of 212 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $320 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 14.1 times the general rate.
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 3.2%. 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8716.10.00 | Trailers and semi-trailers for housing or camping | Free |
| 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 |
| 8716.90.10 | 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% |