8457.10.00

Analysis

HTS 8457.10.00 covers machining centers, unit construction machines (single station) and multistation transfer machines, for working metal: machining centers under heading 8457 (machining centers, unit construction machines (single station) and multistation transfer…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 8 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

The general duty rate is 4.2% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 84 (86th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $420 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 3.3% to 3.3%. The costliest confusion would be with 8457.30.00 (multistation transfer machines) at 3.3%, a difference of 0.9 points on the customs value.

Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 4.2%. 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.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 30%, 7.1 times the general rate.

The ten-digit suffixes separate used or rebuilt, not over 660 mm, over 660 mm, not over 685 mm, over 685 mm but not over 1,016 mm and over 1,016 mm. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.