Analysis
HTS 8442.30.01 covers machinery, apparatus and equipment under heading 8442 (machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465)…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
For statistics it divides in two: 8442.30.01.10 for phototypesetting and composing machines and 8442.30.01.50 for other machinery, apparatus and equipment. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
The other lines in the same group are 8442.40.00 (parts of the foregoing machinery, apparatus or equipment, duty-free), 8442.50.10 (plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates…, duty-free) and 8442.50.90 (plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33324 (Industrial Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 2,836 US establishments employing 111,497 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8442.40.00 | Parts of the foregoing machinery, apparatus or equipment | Free |
| 8442.50.10 | Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished): plates | Free |
| 8442.50.90 | Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished): other | Free |