Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · HTS code · HS 8483.40
8483.40.10: Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain: torque converters
Gears and gearboxes (machinery)
Not declarable on its own: use one of its 1 subdivisions Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · checked on 24 October 2026
- 8483 Transmission 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:
- 8483.40 Gears 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 Torque converters
What you pay
Importing into USA
US additional duties of HTS chapter 99 in force on 22 October 2026 are included (Section 301, 232, 338 and 201). IEEPA duties are no longer collected after the Supreme Court ruling of February 2026. Conditional exemptions (US content, end use, metal share) are not computed: check the provision.
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 1
- Additional dutyRussia rate increase (Pub. L. 117-110) — Russian Federation (rates in lieu of column 2) 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Russia
- In force
- from 28 June 2022
- Legal act
- HTSUS 9903.90.08
Footnotes
- 9903.90.08 Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(b) to this subchapter
Same subheading in other tariffs
USA lines: 8483.40
- 8483.40.10Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain: torque converters
- 8483.40.30Imported for use with machines for making cellulosic pulp, paper or paperboard
- 8483.40.50Fixed ratio speed changers, multiple and variable ratio: other
- 8483.40.70Gear boxes and other speed changers: other speed changers
- 8483.40.80Ball or roller screws
- 8483.40.90Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements entered separately
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- H323434 U.S. CBP
Application for Further Review of Protest No. 4601-20-122338; Classification of vertical and single shaft recycling shredder machines from China; Size reduction machines; granulator machine parts (rotors and screens); Hydraulic couplings
Legal notes
HTS code 8483.40.10 is a line of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States under HS subheading 8483.40 (gears and gearing).
The general duty is free, and quantities are declared in p/st.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 3.7%, the Türkiye duty is 0%–3.7%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 12.6%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 2.5%–10%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 3.7%–8% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.
The United States imported goods of subheading 8483.40 worth US$4bn in 2024; the largest supplier was India.
Questions and answers
What is the USA import duty for HTS code 8483.40.10?
The general duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is free; the supplementary unit is p/st. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Where does the United States import these goods from?
For subheading 8483.40 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was India (US$614m), followed by Italy.
Typical products
- ballscrews
- bevel gears
- friction cone couplings
- friction disc couplings
- friction gears
- gear boxes
- gears other than toothed wheels
- helical gears
- spur gears
- torque converters
- variable speed fluid couplings
- worm gear
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.