HTS tariff line · chapter 84
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
Analysis
HTS 8442.50.90 covers plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or… under heading 8442 (machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465)…).
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 60% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 60% duty.
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.
The other lines in the same group are 8442.30.01 (machinery, apparatus and equipment, duty-free), 8442.40.00 (parts of the foregoing machinery, apparatus or equipment, duty-free) and 8442.50.10 (plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 323120 (Support Activities for Printing), an industry of 947 US establishments employing 16,557 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8442.30.01 | Machinery, apparatus and equipment | Free |
| 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 |