Analysis
HTS 8464.20.01 covers grinding or polishing machines under heading 8464 (machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral…). 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 2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8464.10.01 (machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement…), at duty-free: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 84 (63rd percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $200 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
For statistics it divides in two: 8464.20.01.10 for glass-working machines and 8464.20.01.20 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 35%, 17.5 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 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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8464.10.01 | Machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral materials or for cold working glass: sawing machines | Free |
| 8464.90.01 | Machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral materials or for cold working glass: other | 2% |