8449

Analysis

Heading 8449 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or nonwovens in the piece or in shapes, including machinery for making felt hats; blocks for making hats; parts thereof. It has 2 tariff lines.

1 of its 2 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (50%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 2.6%. The median line pays 1.3%.

Its lines are 8449.00.10 for finishing machinery and parts thereof (2.6%) and 8449.00.50 for machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or… (duty-free).

Its median rate of 1.3% sits at the 61st percentile of the headings in chapter 84.

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (33324). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.