Analysis
HTS 8472.10.00 covers duplicating machines under heading 8472 (other office machines (for example, hectograph or stencil duplicating machines…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 1.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 8472.30.00 (machines for sorting or folding mail or for inserting mail in…) at 1.8%, a difference of 1.8 points on the customs value.
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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33331 (Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 1,731 US establishments employing 80,504 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8472.30.00 | Machines for sorting or folding mail or for inserting mail in envelopes or bands, machines for opening, closing or sealing mail and machines for affixing or canceling postage stamps | 1.8% |
| 8472.90.05 | Addressing machines and address plate embossing machines | Free |
| 8472.90.10 | Automatic teller machines | Free |
| 8472.90.40 | Other: pencil sharpeners | Free |
| 8472.90.50 | Typewriters other than printers of heading 8443; word processing machines | Free |
| 8472.90.60 | Numbering, dating and check-writing machines | Free |
| 8472.90.90 | Other: other | Free |