Analysis
HTS 8465.93.00 covers grinding, sanding or polishing machines under heading 8465 (machine tools (including machines for nailing, stapling, glueing or otherwise assembling)…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 8 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
The general duty rate is 3% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 84 (76th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $300 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Within this group the rate runs from 2.4% to 3%. Compared with 8465.99.02 (other: other), which pays 2.4%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 0.6 percentage points.
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 3%. 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 35%, 11.7 times the general rate.
The ten-digit suffixes separate belt sanders, for a belt width 60 cm or…, valued under $1,000 each, valued $1,000 or over but under $3,000… and belt sanders, for a belt width 60 cm or…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8465.93.00.04 | Belt sanders, for a belt width 60 cm or wider | No. | |
| 8465.93.00.12 | Other | No. | |
| 8465.93.00.30 | Valued under $1,000 each | No. | 333243 |
| 8465.93.00.45 | Valued $1,000 or over but under $3,000 each | No. | 333243 |
| 8465.93.00.55 | Other | No. | 333243 |
| 8465.93.00.65 | Belt sanders, for a belt width 60 cm or wider | No. | 333243 |
| 8465.93.00.75 | Other | No. | 333243 |
| 8465.93.00.91 | Other | No. | 33324 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8465.10.00 | Machines which can carry out different types of machining operations without tool change between such operations | 2.4% |
| 8465.20.10 | For sawing, planing, milling, molding, grinding, sanding, polishing, drilling or mortising | 3% |
| 8465.20.50 | For bending or assembling | 2.9% |
| 8465.20.80 | Machining centers: other | 2.4% |
| 8465.91.00 | Other: sawing machines | 3% |
| 8465.92.00 | Planing, milling or molding (by cutting) machines | 3% |
| 8465.94.00 | Bending or assembling machines | 2.9% |
| 8465.95.00 | Drilling or mortising machines | 3% |
| 8465.96.00 | Splitting, slicing or paring machines | 2.4% |
| 8465.99.02 | Other: other | 2.4% |