HTS tariff line · chapter 84
8471.90.00
Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included: other
Analysis
HTS 8471.90.00 covers automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines… under heading 8471 (automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers…).
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.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84 that are also free. 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 334118 (Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 284 US establishments employing 11,143 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
All 19 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8471.30.01 | Portable automatic data processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | Free |
| 8471.41.01 | Comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined | Free |
| 8471.49.00 | Other automatic data processing machines: other, entered in the form of systems | Free |
| 8471.50.01 | Processing units other than those of subheading 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units | Free |
| 8471.60.10 | Combined input/output units | Free |
| 8471.60.20 | Other: keyboards | Free |
| 8471.60.70 | Units suitable for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines or units thereof | Free |
| 8471.60.80 | Optical scanners and magnetic ink recognition devices | Free |
| 8471.60.90 | Other: other | Free |
| 8471.70.10 | Without read-write unit assembled therein; read-write units entered separately | Free |
| 8471.70.20 | Units for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines or units thereof | Free |
| 8471.70.30 | For a disk of a diameter exceeding 21 cm: other | Free |
| 8471.70.40 | Not assembled in cabinets, and without attached external power supply | Free |
| 8471.70.50 | Other: other | Free |
| 8471.70.60 | Not assembled in cabinets for placing on a table, desk, wall, floor or similar place | Free |
| 8471.70.90 | Other storage units: other | Free |
| 8471.80.10 | Control or adapter units | Free |
| 8471.80.40 | Units suitable for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines | Free |
| 8471.80.90 | Other: other | Free |