HTS heading · chapter 84
8437
Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables, and parts thereof; machinery used in the milling industry or for the working of cereals or dried leguminous vegetables, other than farm type machinery; parts thereof
Analysis
Heading 8437 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables, and parts thereof; machinery used in the milling industry or for the working of cereals or dried leguminous vegetables, other than…. It divides into 3 six-digit subheadings and 3 eight-digit tariff lines, with 5 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 3 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The largest subheadings are 8437.10 (unnamed, 1 line), 8437.80 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8437.90 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 30th percentile of the headings in chapter 84.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8437.10.00 | Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables | Free |
| 8437.80.00 | Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables, and parts thereof; machinery used in the milling industry or for the working of cereals or dried leguminous vegetables, other than farm type machinery; parts thereof: other machinery | Free |
| 8437.90.00 | Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables, and parts thereof; machinery used in the milling industry or for the working of cereals or dried leguminous vegetables, other than farm type machinery; parts thereof: parts | Free |