Analysis
Subheading 8443.39 covers other, within heading 8443. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 7 US tariff lines below it are national.
Every one of its 7 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the subheading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The US splits it as follows: 8443.39.10 for operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy… (duty-free), 8443.39.20 for operating by reproducing the original image via an intermediate onto… (duty-free), 8443.39.30 for incorporating an optical system (duty-free), 8443.39.40 for of the contact type (duty-free), 8443.39.50 for thermocopying apparatus (duty-free), 8443.39.60 for copying machines: other (duty-free) and 8443.39.90 for other: other (duty-free).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331) and Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (334118). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8443.39.10 | Operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process) | Free |
| 8443.39.20 | Operating by reproducing the original image via an intermediate onto the copy (indirect process) | Free |
| 8443.39.30 | Incorporating an optical system | Free |
| 8443.39.40 | Of the contact type | Free |
| 8443.39.50 | Thermocopying apparatus | Free |
| 8443.39.60 | Copying machines: other | Free |
| 8443.39.90 | Other: other | Free |