Analysis
HTS 8451.10.00 covers dry-cleaning machines under heading 8451 (machinery (other than machines of heading 8450) for washing, cleaning, wringing, drying…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 3.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 8451.90.90 (parts: other) at 3.5%, a difference of 3.5 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% 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 33331 (Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 1,731 US establishments employing 80,504 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8451.21.00 | Each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg | 3.4% |
| 8451.29.00 | Drying machines: other | 2.6% |
| 8451.30.00 | Ironing machines and presses (including fusing presses) | Free |
| 8451.40.00 | Washing, bleaching or dyeing machines | 3.5% |
| 8451.50.00 | Machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics | Free |
| 8451.80.00 | Machinery (other than machines of heading 8450) for washing, cleaning, wringing, drying, ironing, pressing (including fusing presses), bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing, coating or impregnating textile yarns, fabrics or made up textile articles and machines for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support used in the manufacture of floor coverings such as linoleum; machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics; parts thereof: other machinery | 3.5% |
| 8451.90.30 | Drying chambers for the drying machines of subheading 8451.21 or 8451.29, and other parts of drying machines incorporating drying chambers | 3.5% |
| 8451.90.60 | Furniture designed to receive the drying machines of subheading 8451.21 or 8451.29 | 3.5% |
| 8451.90.90 | Parts: other | 3.5% |