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According to Bicycle Retailer:
A duty change could raise the price of certain cassettes to importers, and ultimately dealers and consumers, by 10 percent.
The U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protections recently reclassified cassette style multiple free-wheel sprockets to the residual bike parts category, which carries a 10 percent duty. The cassettes had previously been duty free. Freewheel hub bodies do not carry any duties.
Read the entire article.
Can you tell me where to find this ruling? I cannot find it within the US customs ruling database.
Thanks!
jebus. that is going to hurt.
Just another point scored on behalf of internal gear hubs.