8450

Analysis

Heading 8450 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers household- or laundry-type washing machines, including machines which both wash and dry; parts thereof. It divides into 5 six-digit subheadings and 7 eight-digit tariff lines, with 11 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

None of its 7 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 1% to 2.6% with a median of 2.6%, so the line you choose sets the duty.

The largest subheadings are 8450.90 (parts, 3 lines), 8450.11 (unnamed, 1 line), 8450.12 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8450.19 (unnamed, 1 line).

Its median rate of 2.6% sits at the 71st percentile of the headings in chapter 84.

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Major Household Appliance Manufacturing (335220). 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.