CBP Issues New Informed Compliance Publication on Ball Bearings and Roller Bearings
March 05, 2010
U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has issued a new informed compliance publication (ICP) entitled “What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: The Classification of Ball Bearings, Rolling Bearings and Parts Thereof”.
This publication was prepared by CBP’s Regulations and Rulings Division and provides guidance on the classification of ball bearings, rolling bearings and parts thereof.
A bearing is a machine element designed to fix, guide or hold moving parts and to reduce friction. Accordingly, bearings permit machine parts to rotate or move in a straight line relative to one another free of the friction created by rotational or linear motion. In most cases, one of the machine parts is fixed and the bearing acts as a support for the moving member. They are used in various applications including airplanes, automobiles, machine tools, precision instruments, household appliances, etc., none of which could operate effectively or efficiently without them. Bearings can be made of ceramic, sapphire or glass. However, the most common bearings found today are made of steel. Other bearings designed for particular uses, can be made of bronze, copper or plastic.
There are various antidumping cases that presently cover ball bearings, roller bearings and parts thereof. A list of current antidumping and countervailing duty cases can be found at the International Trade Commission website at www.usitc.gov.
The link to “Antidumping and Countervailing duty orders” under “Investigations” provides a search mechanism for current orders by country, date and product group. In addition, AD/CVD deposit and liquidation messages are available using the AD/CVD search tool at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website at www.cbp.gov.
When shipping bearings to the US a completed Bearing Summary Sheet should be with the customs invoice at time of importation.
New Bearing Informed Compliance Publication
CBP has published over fifty ICPs to provide guidance to the trade, including Customs Value, Recordkeeping, Reasonable Care, and the Classification of many types of goods, including Base Metal Mountings and Fittings, Molds, and Machine Tools.
CBP Informed Compliance Publications