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HTS 8483Chapter 84

HTS 8483Transmission shafts (including camshafts and crankshafts) and cranks; bearing housings, housed bearings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters; flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks; clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints); parts thereof: Duty Rate & Import Guide

Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery · 4 pending regulations · 10 court cases · $857.5M monthly imports · 100% from 1 countries · Updated daily from USITC

Duty Rates

General

Free

Special

Free

Column 2

Free

Trade Agreement Eligibility

CUSMAKORUS

Trade Intelligence

Monthly Imports

$857.5M

2026-01

Trade Concentration

100%

from top 3 of 1 origins

Regulatory Pressure

HIGH

0 rulings — · 4 reg · 8 CIT, 2 CAFC

Global Rates

🇺🇸 Free

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: N/A · 🇪🇺 European Union: N/A · 🇨🇦 Canada: N/A · 🇧🇷 Brazil: N/A

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Data compiled from USITC HTS, US Census Bureau, Federal Register, CourtListener, Regulations.gov · As of 2026-04-29 · Updates monthly

Active DisputesRecent court cases or pending regulations affect this code
Regulatory Pressure

This code has elevated regulatory activity — 0 CBP rulings (0 in last 2 years, trend: stable), 4 pending Federal Register actions, and 10 CIT/CAFC cases.

Supply Chain Risk

100% of US imports for this code come from just 1 countries. High origin concentration increases exposure to trade disruptions or tariff escalations.

High-Volume Code

This is a high-volume import code — $858M in monthly US imports. Duty rate changes or trade remedy actions on this code have significant economic impact.

Trade Remedy

Additional Tariffs Apply

Section 301 — China Tariffs+25%

List 1 — ~$34B of Chinese goods (machinery, electronics, industrial components)

Active — 7.5%–25% additional duties on Chinese-origin goods across four tranches (Lists 1–4A), with higher 2024/2025 increases on targeted product categories.

Effective 2018-07-06

These additional tariffs apply on top of the general duty rate. View full trade remedy tracker →

AD/CVD

Possible AD/CVD orders covering this code

Verify scope before relying on a deposit rate

Scope-to-HTS matching is keyword-based and may include orders whose actual scope excludes this code. Verify scope on the linked Federal Register notice before relying on a deposit rate. Per-respondent cash deposit rates are not yet indexed; click through for the rate table.

ADA-570-601THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished or Unfinished

Source: ITA Opportunity to Request Administrative Review notices (Federal Register). Ground truth: access.trade.gov.

Subheadings (65)

CodeDescriptionRate
8483.10Transmission shafts (including camshafts and crankshafts) and cranks:
8483.10.10Designed for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines or rotary engines2.5%
8483.10.10.10For motorcycles
8483.10.10.30Other
8483.10.10.50Other
8483.10.30Other2.5%
8483.10.30.10For vehicles of chapter 87
8483.10.30.50Other
8483.10.50.00Other transmission shafts and cranksFree
8483.20Housed bearings, incorporating ball or roller bearings:
8483.20.40Flange, take-up, cartridge and hanger units4.5%
8483.20.40.40Incorporating ball bearings
8483.20.40.80Incorporating roller bearings
8483.20.80Other4.5%
8483.20.80.40Incorporating ball bearings
8483.20.80.80Incorporating roller bearings
8483.30Bearing housings; plain shaft bearings:
8483.30.40Flange, take-up, cartridge and hanger units4.5%
8483.30.40.40Ball or roller bearing type
8483.30.40.80Other
8483.30.80Other4.5%
8483.30.80.20Ball or roller bearing type
8483.30.80.40Other
8483.30.80.55Rod end bearings
8483.30.80.65Other
8483.30.80.70Spherical
8483.30.80.90Other
8483.40Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements entered separately; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters:
8483.40.10.00Torque convertersFree
8483.40.30Imported for use with machines for making cellulosic pulp, paper or paperboardFree
8483.40.30.40Fixed ratio speed changers
8483.40.30.80Other
8483.40.50Other2.5%
8483.40.50.10Fixed ratio speed changers
8483.40.50.20Gear boxes and speed changers for wind turbines, as described in statistical note 6 to this chapter
8483.40.50.80Other
8483.40.70.00Other speed changers25¢ each + 3.9%
8483.40.80.00Ball or roller screws3.8%
8483.40.90.00Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements entered separately2.5%
8483.50Flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks:
8483.50.40.00Gray-iron awning or tackle pulleys, not over <il>6.4 cm</il> in wheel diameter5.7%
8483.50.60.00Flywheels2.8%
8483.50.90Other2.8%
8483.50.90.40Grooved pulleys
8483.50.90.80Other
8483.60Clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints):
8483.60.40Clutches and universal joints2.8%
8483.60.40.40Clutches
8483.60.40.80Universal joints
8483.60.80.00Other2.8%
8483.90Toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately; parts:
8483.90.10Chain sprockets and parts thereof2.8%
8483.90.10.10Forged
8483.90.10.50Other
8483.90.20.00Parts of flange, take-up, cartridge and hanger units4.5%
8483.90.30.00Other4.5%
8483.90.50Parts of gearing, gear boxes and other speed changers2.5%
8483.90.50.10Forged gear blanks
8483.90.50.20Parts of gear boxes and speed changers for wind turbines
8483.90.50.80Other
8483.90.70.00Parts of articles of subheading 8483.205.5%
8483.90.80Other2.8%
8483.90.80.10Parts of articles of subheading 8483.60.80
8483.90.80.40Parts of universal joints
8483.90.80.80Other

Federal Register (4)

Court of International Trade & Federal Circuit (10)

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Regulatory Dockets (5)

USTR regulatory documents related to this tariff code from Regulations.gov.

Source: Regulations.gov

Matching Export Code (Schedule B)

8483101020Schedule B

CAMSHAFTS AND CRANKSHAFTS FOR USE WITH SPARK-IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES OR ROTARY ENGINES, FOR VEHICLES OF CHAPTER 87

Census Bureau export classification matching this HTS import code.

8431.49.90.848483.10