8466.93.96

Analysis

HTS 8466.93.96 covers parts and accessories of machine tools of subheadings 8456.11, 8456.12, 8456.30, 8457.10, 8458.91, 8459.21, 8459.61 and 8461.50, of a kind used solely or… under heading 8466 (parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of…).

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 5.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8466.93.75 (of metalworking machine tools for cutting gears), at 5.8%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 5.8 percentage points.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333517 (Machine Tool Manufacturing), an industry of 1,195 US establishments employing 28,524 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.