Analysis
HTS 8423.20.10 covers using electronic means for gauging weights under heading 8423 (weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.9%. The costliest confusion would be with 8423.89.90 (other: other) at 2.9%, a difference of 2.9 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 45% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 45% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33399 (All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 3,460 US establishments employing 158,898 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8423.10.00 | Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales | Free |
| 8423.20.90 | Scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors: other | 2.9% |
| 8423.30.00 | Constant-weight scales and scales for discharging a predetermined weight of material into a bag or container, including hopper scales | Free |
| 8423.81.00 | Having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30 kg | Free |
| 8423.82.00 | Having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30 kg but not exceeding 5,000 kg | Free |
| 8423.89.10 | Using electronic means for gauging | Free |
| 8423.89.90 | Other: other | 2.9% |
| 8423.90.10 | Parts of weighing machinery using electronic means for gauging weight, excluding parts of machines for weighing motor vehicles | Free |
| 8423.90.90 | Weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery: other | 2.8% |