HTS tariff line · chapter 84
8438.10.00
Bakery machinery and machinery for the manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti or similar products
Analysis
HTS 8438.10.00 covers bakery machinery and machinery for the manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti or similar products under heading 8438 (machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, for the industrial…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 8438.90.90 (parts: other) at 2.8%, a difference of 2.8 points on the customs value.
For statistics it divides in two: 8438.10.00.10 for bakery machinery and 8438.10.00.90 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.
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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8438.20.00 | Machinery for the manufacture of confectionery, cocoa or chocolate | Free |
| 8438.30.00 | Machinery for sugar manufacture | Free |
| 8438.40.00 | Machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, other than machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils; parts thereof: brewery machinery | 2.3% |
| 8438.50.00 | Machinery for the preparation of meat or poultry | 2.8% |
| 8438.60.00 | Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables | Free |
| 8438.80.00 | Machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, other than machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils; parts thereof: other machinery | Free |
| 8438.90.10 | Of machinery for sugar manufacture | Free |
| 8438.90.90 | Parts: other | 2.8% |