Analysis
HTS 8448.49.20 covers other: other under heading 8448 (auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3.7%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8448.49.10 (other: shuttles), 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 8448.49.10 | Other: shuttles | 3.7% |
| 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 |