Analysis
HTS 8445.30.00 covers textile doubling or twisting machines under heading 8445 (machines for preparing textile fibers; spinning, doubling or twisting machines and other…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 8445.90.00 (machines for preparing textile fibers; spinning, doubling or twisting…) at 3.7%, a difference of 3.7 points on the customs value.
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.
For statistics it divides in two: 8445.30.00.10 for textile twisting machines and 8445.30.00.90 for other. 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8445.11.00 | Machines for preparing textile fibers: carding machines | Free |
| 8445.12.00 | Machines for preparing textile fibers: combing 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 |
| 8445.40.00 | 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% |