HTS tariff line · chapter 84
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
Analysis
HTS 8472.30.00 covers 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… under heading 8472 (other office machines (for example, hectograph or stencil duplicating machines…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to duty-free. The costliest confusion would be with 8472.90.90 (other: other) at duty-free, a difference of 1.8 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 1.8% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 84 (62nd percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $180 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 19.4 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 1.8%. 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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8472.10.00 | Duplicating machines | Free |
| 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 |