Analysis
HTS 8419.40.00 covers distilling or rectifying plant under heading 8419 (machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 4.2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8419.89.95 (other: other), at 4.2%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4.2 percentage points.
For statistics it divides in two: 8419.40.00.10 for rotary evaporators and 8419.40.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8419.40.00.10 | Rotary evaporators | No. | |
| 8419.40.00.90 | Other | No. |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8419.11.00 | Instantaneous gas water heaters | Free |
| 8419.12.00 | Solar water heaters | Free |
| 8419.19.01 | Instantaneous or storage water heaters, nonelectric: other | Free |
| 8419.20.00 | Medical, surgical or laboratory sterilizers | Free |
| 8419.33.10 | For agricultural products | Free |
| 8419.33.50 | Lyophilisation apparatus, freeze drying units and spray dryers: other | Free |
| 8419.34.00 | Dryers: other, for agricultural products | Free |
| 8419.35.10 | Other, for wood, paper pulp, paper or paperboard: for wood | Free |
| 8419.35.50 | Other, for wood, paper pulp, paper or paperboard: other | Free |
| 8419.39.02 | Dryers: other | Free |
| 8419.50.10 | Brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchangers | 4.2% |
| 8419.50.50 | Heat exchange units: other | Free |
| 8419.60.10 | Machinery containing brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchangers | 4.2% |
| 8419.60.50 | Machinery for liquefying air or other gases: other | Free |
| 8419.81.50 | Cooking stoves, ranges and ovens | Free |
| 8419.81.90 | For making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food: other | Free |
| 8419.89.10 | For making paper pulp, paper or paperboard | Free |
| 8419.89.60 | Molten-salt-cooled acrylic acid reactors | Free |
| 8419.89.95 | Other: other | 4.2% |
| 8419.90.10 | Of instantaneous or storage water heaters | Free |
| 8419.90.20 | Of machinery and plant for making paper pulp, paper or paperboard | Free |
| 8419.90.30 | Of heat exchange units | Free |
| 8419.90.50 | Of molten-salt-cooled acrylic acid reactors; of medical, surgical or laboratory sterilizers | Free |
| 8419.90.85 | Of electromechanical tools for working in the hand with self-contained electric motor | Free |
| 8419.90.95 | Other: other | 4% |