8434.20.00

Analysis

HTS 8434.20.00 covers milking machines and dairy machinery, and parts thereof: dairy machinery under heading 8434 (milking machines and dairy machinery, and parts thereof).

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.

The other lines in the same group are 8434.10.00 (milking machines and dairy machinery, and parts thereof…, duty-free) and 8434.90.00 (milking machines and dairy machinery, and parts thereof…, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333241 (Food Product Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 525 US establishments employing 19,033 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

All 2 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.

The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.