Analysis
HTS 8451.21.00 covers each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg under heading 8451 (machinery (other than machines of heading 8450) for washing, cleaning, wringing, drying…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 3.5%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8451.50.00 (machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 3.4 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3.4% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 84 (80th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $340 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 11.8 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.4%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
For statistics it divides in two: 8451.21.00.10 for coin operated and 8451.21.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8451.10.00 | Dry-cleaning machines | Free |
| 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% |