Interesting notes:
8714.10.0090 used to be valid and was the subcategory "miscellaneous". Wassell has used that as long as I've been a dealer and RGM uses it as well. Today, some shippers won't accept that so 8714.10.0050 should be used (always could be). .0010 and .0020 also have no tariffs. The new 10% tariff has still not been added in the Govt. HSS code database.
It has nothing to do with the age of the motorcycle. Motorcycle parts simply had no tariff unless marked 8714.10.00 in which case it was 25% from some countries that we don't care about.
It appears that the $800 rule magically got changed. Used to be that if you got on a plane or ship with more than $800 in purchase items customs *could* inspect and if they did, they *could* charge a fee (not a tariff) for the effort. Now it seems that under $800 is there is no tariff - or at least, the shipping company is not providing the info to US Customs.
According to AMAL, nothing has changed for Business to Business so no tariff. I am out of 850 carb sets so I'll soon test what they told me.
If the only shipping available from overseas is FedEx, do not buy. My last Tri-Spark order (in December) was properly marked and was clearly duty free. A month after receiving it FedEx sent me a bill for $170 for duties and their fees. I refused to pay what I don't owe so they've sent me to collections - I again refused to pay what I don't owe. They keep sending letters and I keep refusing to pay - I owe nothing, and I couldn't care less about collections!
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