8716.90.50

Analysis

HTS 8716.90.50 covers parts: other under heading 8716 (trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; and parts thereof). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 8 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

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 3.1 points on the customs value.

The general duty rate is 3.1% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 87 (80th percentile of 212 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $310 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 14.5 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 3.1%. 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 ten-digit suffixes separate axles and parts thereof, steel wheels measuring 30 to 42 cm in…, of aluminum, of steel, other wheels and wheels with tires for off-the-highway… and 1 more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.