Multi-Stage Gearbox Spacer from Japan
Hardened steel spacer rings maintaining shaft alignment in multi-stage reduction gearboxes. Falls under 'other' parts of gear boxes in HTS 8483.90.5080 due to critical spacing function. Applied in pumps and compressors.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
27.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0925%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.16, 9903.82.20–9903.82.26 and 9903.85.68, articles of copper and derivative aluminum and steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(vi)–(viii) and (xi) of U.S. note 16 to this subchapter
9903.05.900%Articles already subject to Section 232 (steel/aluminum/copper + derivatives, autos + parts, wood, medium/heavy vehicles + parts, semiconductors, patented pharma) — U.S. note 52(f)
Import Tips
• Tolerance specifications (±0.001" typical) prove functional specificity
• Avoid declaring as 'washers'; specify 'gearbox shaft spacer'
• Small parts may consolidate under informal entries for efficiency