HTS heading · chapter 84
8453
Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, other than sewing machines; parts thereof
Analysis
Heading 8453 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, other than sewing machines; parts thereof. It divides into 4 six-digit subheadings and 5 eight-digit tariff lines, with 5 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 5 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The largest subheadings are 8453.90 (parts, 2 lines), 8453.10 (unnamed, 1 line), 8453.20 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8453.80 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 30th percentile of the headings in chapter 84.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (33399) and Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (33324). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8453.10.00 | Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather | Free |
| 8453.20.00 | Machinery for making or repairing footwear | Free |
| 8453.80.00 | Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, other than sewing machines; parts thereof: other machinery | Free |
| 8453.90.10 | Of machinery for making or repairing footwear | Free |
| 8453.90.50 | Parts: other | Free |