Analysis
HTS 8445.12.00 covers machines for preparing textile fibers: combing machines under heading 8445 (machines for preparing textile fibers; spinning, doubling or twisting machines and other…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8445.90.00 (machines for preparing textile fibers; spinning, doubling or twisting…), at 3.7%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.7 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33324 (Industrial Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 2,836 US establishments employing 111,497 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8445.11.00 | Machines for preparing textile fibers: carding machines | Free |
| 8445.13.00 | Drawing or roving machines | Free |
| 8445.19.00 | Machines for preparing textile fibers: other | 3.3% |
| 8445.20.00 | Textile spinning machines | Free |
| 8445.30.00 | Textile doubling or twisting machines | Free |
| 8445.40.00 | Textile winding (including weft winding) or reeling machines | 3.7% |
| 8445.90.00 | Machines for preparing textile fibers; spinning, doubling or twisting machines and other machinery for producing textile yarns; textile reeling or winding (including weft winding) machines and machines for preparing textile yarns for use on the machines of heading 8446 or 8447: other | 3.7% |