HTS tariff line · chapter 84
8440.10.00
Bookbinding machinery, including book-sewing machines, and parts thereof: machinery
Analysis
HTS 8440.10.00 covers bookbinding machinery, including book-sewing machines, and parts thereof: machinery under heading 8440 (bookbinding machinery, including book-sewing machines, and parts thereof).
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
The other line in the same group is 8440.90.00 (bookbinding machinery, including book-sewing machines, and…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33324 (Industrial Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 2,836 US establishments employing 111,497 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8440.90.00 | Bookbinding machinery, including book-sewing machines, and parts thereof: parts | Free |