Analysis
HTS 8462.33.00 covers numerically controlled shearing machines under heading 8462 (machine tools (including presses) for working metal by forging, hammering or die forging…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
The general duty rate is 4.4% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 84 (91st percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $440 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
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 4.4%. 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: 8462.33.00.40 for used or rebuilt and 8462.33.00.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 30%, 6.8 times the general rate.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8462.11.00 | Closed die forging machines | 4.4% |
| 8462.19.00 | Hot forming machines for forging, die forging (including presses) and hot hammers: other | 4.4% |
| 8462.22.00 | Profile forming machines | 4.4% |
| 8462.23.00 | Numerically controlled press brakes | 4.4% |
| 8462.24.00 | Numerically controlled panel benders | 4.4% |
| 8462.25.00 | Numerically controlled roll forming machines | 4.4% |
| 8462.26.00 | Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including press brakes) for flat products: other numerically controlled bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines | 4.4% |
| 8462.29.00 | Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including press brakes) for flat products: other | 4.4% |
| 8462.32.10 | Numerically controlled | 4.4% |
| 8462.32.50 | Slitting lines and cut-to-length lines: other | 4.4% |
| 8462.39.00 | Slitting lines, cut-to-length lines and other shearing machines (excluding presses) for flat products, other than combined punching and shearing machines: other | 4.4% |
| 8462.42.00 | Numerically controlled | 4.4% |
| 8462.49.00 | Punching, notching or nibbling machines (excluding presses) for flat products including combined punching and shearing machines: other | 4.4% |
| 8462.51.00 | Numerically controlled | 4.4% |
| 8462.59.00 | Machines for working tube, pipe, hollow section and bar (excluding presses): other | 4.4% |
| 8462.61.40 | Numerically controlled | 4.4% |
| 8462.61.80 | Hydraulic presses: other | 4.4% |
| 8462.62.40 | Numerically controlled | 4.4% |
| 8462.62.50 | Mechanical presses: other | 4.4% |
| 8462.63.40 | Numerically controlled | 4.4% |
| 8462.63.80 | Servo-presses: other | 4.4% |
| 8462.69.40 | Numerically controlled | 4.4% |
| 8462.69.80 | Other: other | 4.4% |
| 8462.90.40 | Numerically controlled | 4.4% |
| 8462.90.80 | Other: other | 4.4% |