Analysis
HTS 8448.49.10 covers other: shuttles under heading 8448 (auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 8448.59.50 (other: other) at duty-free, a difference of 3.7 points on the customs value.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33324 (Industrial Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 2,836 US establishments employing 111,497 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8448.11.00 | Dobbies and Jacquards; card reducing, copying, punching or assembling machines for use therewith | Free |
| 8448.19.00 | Auxiliary machinery for machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447: other | Free |
| 8448.20.10 | Of machines for extruding or drawing man-made textile filaments | 3.7% |
| 8448.20.50 | Parts and accessories of machines of heading 8444 or of their auxiliary machinery: other | 3.3% |
| 8448.31.00 | Parts and accessories of machines of heading 8445 or of their auxiliary machinery: card clothing | 3.3% |
| 8448.32.00 | Of machines for preparing textile fibers, other than card clothing | Free |
| 8448.33.00 | Spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings and ring travellers | 3.3% |
| 8448.39.10 | Parts of spinning, doubling or twisting machines | Free |
| 8448.39.50 | Parts of winding or reeling machines | 3.7% |
| 8448.39.90 | Other: other | Free |
| 8448.42.00 | Reeds for looms, healds and heald-frames | 3.7% |
| 8448.49.20 | Other: other | Free |
| 8448.51.10 | Needles for knitting machines: latch needles | Free |
| 8448.51.20 | Spring-beard needles | Free |
| 8448.51.30 | Needles for knitting machines: other | Free |
| 8448.51.50 | Sinkers, needles and other articles used in forming stitches: other | Free |
| 8448.59.10 | Parts of knitting machines | Free |
| 8448.59.50 | Other: other | Free |