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HTS tariff line · chapter 84

8446.29.00

For weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, shuttle type: other

Analysis

HTS 8446.29.00 covers for weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, shuttle type: other under heading 8446 (weaving machines (looms)).

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 3.7%. Compared with 8446.30.50 (for weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, shuttleless type…), which pays 3.7%, a misclassification either way moves 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.

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.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33324 (Industrial Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 2,836 US establishments employing 111,497 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.

Neighbouring lines

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
8446.10.00For weaving fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cmFree
8446.21.10For weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 4.9 mFree
8446.21.50Power looms: other3.7%
8446.30.10Power looms for weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 4.9 mFree
8446.30.50For weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, shuttleless type: other3.7%