Analysis
HTS 8448.59.50 covers other: other 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 8448.49.10 (other: shuttles) 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.
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.
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.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
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% |
| 8448.49.20 | 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 |