Kubota V3800 Air-Cooled Diesel Engine from Mexico
The Kubota V3800 is a 3.8L vertical water-cooled 4-cycle diesel engine adapted with air-cooling fins for agricultural tractors, exceeding 37.3 kW and 2000cc cylinder capacity. It falls under HTS 8407.34.3560 as an air-cooled spark-ignition equivalent reciprocating piston engine designed for propulsion in agricultural tractors per Chapter 87 vehicles. Primarily used in compact utility tractors for farming tasks like plowing and tilling.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
25%
Rate breakdown
9903.94.0525%Except for products described in headings 9903.94.06, 9903.94.32, 9903.94.33, 9903.94.42, 9903.94.43, 9903.94.44, 9903.94.45, 9903.94.52, 9903.94.53, 9903.94.54, 9903.94.55, 9903.94.62, 9903.94.63, 9903.94.66 and 9903.94.67, automobile parts, as provided for in subdivision (g) of U.S. note 33 to this subchapter
9903.03.060%Articles of aluminum, of steel, or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; and semiconductor articles, of any country, as provided in subdivision (aa)(v) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Verify engine specs match agricultural tractor propulsion with documentation proving cylinder capacity >2000cc and power >37.3kW to avoid reclassification
• Provide OEM certification that the engine is exclusively for tractors suitable for agricultural use as per Chapter 87 definitions