Casting
Metal is not “auto.”
Brakes, manifolds, brackets. Function named. A “performance part” with no description is a pause.
Automotive Aftermarket & Modification Parts
The part is not “auto.”
Castings, electronics, textiles, and kits split across chapters. We classify the piece in the box, not the car it might meet later. A licensed broker still signs the 7501.
Book a consultation Free Entry AuditLAX, JFK, and EWR on one file. A kit is a packing list, not a heading.
Industries · Automotive aftermarket & modification parts
The invoice that fails
“Auto parts” is not a heading.
A crate that reads as one SKU is often four facts on a 7501. The casting. The harness. The textile. The ECU. Houses that file a single 87 dump pay for it in CF-28s — not on the build sheet.
We classify the piece while the aircraft is still over the water. If the function is missing, we pause. We do not invent a suffix to look fast.
01 · The split
Name the piece. Then transmit.
Electronics
The harness can split.
ECUs, lights, sensors. Chapter 85 is not a courtesy dump. We read the invoice.
Textile
Covers and straps.
Seat covers and tie-downs are not 87 because they go in a car. Fiber % still sits on the line.
Kit
Bolts are not the caliper.
A “big brake kit” is several articles. We allocate. We do not file one heading over a bag of hardware.
02 · The gate
The kit is opened on the invoice.
Modification kits mix metal, electronics, and chemicals. We split before ACE. Origin tracing and 301 can sit on the electronics. The dashboard shows the yellow line before the belt.
DOT or EPA can ride when the article is actually a regulated motor-vehicle part. We flag it from the description. We do not guess a heading to keep the weekend.
03 · The lane
LAX for Asia castings. JFK and EWR for European electronics.
Aftermarket still moves as licensed entries. The file does not care which door it used. Repeating SKUs stay mapped so the next crate is not a first-time classification.
04 · What we need
Send the invoice. We will say if the file holds.
- The article What is in the box. “Auto parts” is not enough.
- Function Brake, lighting, ECU, cover. Marketing names do not pick the chapter.
- Kit contents Each piece named. Hardware and chemicals listed if they split.
- Origin Especially on electronics where 301 can touch the line.
- Values that can split A lump sum cannot defend four headings.
On the same file
The desk around the parts line.
Classification
Tariff classification
GRI on the piece in the box — not a SKU mapped to last year’s 87.
PGA
Partner government agencies
Origin tracing and any DOT/EPA flags sit in the vault before transmission.
Entry
3461 / 7501
The entry is built as the packing list is read. A licensed broker still signs.
Questions we actually get
The file before the appointment.
Can a brake kit be one HTS line?
Usually not. Rotors, calipers, lines, and hardware can split. We open the kit on the invoice before ACE.
Why not file everything as 87?
Because CBP classifies the article, not the car it might meet later. A textile cover is not a motor-vehicle part because it ships to a garage.
What belongs on the commercial invoice?
Each piece, function, kit contents, origin. A build-list screenshot with “misc hardware” is a pause.
Do you clear aftermarket at LAX?
LAX takes Asia castings. JFK and EWR take European electronics. The licensed file is the same desk.
The desk
Bring one messy parts invoice.
A consultation returns classification notes, PGA flags, and a flat fee. If the file is not one we can defend, we will say so in the memo.