Analysis
HTS 8445.40.00 covers textile winding (including weft winding) or reeling 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 8445.30.00 (textile doubling or twisting machines), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.7 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3.7% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 84 (83rd percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $370 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 10.8 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.7%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
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 |
| 8445.30.00 | Textile doubling or twisting machines | Free |
| 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% |