Analysis
HTS 8472.90.60 covers numbering, dating and check-writing machines under heading 8472 (other office machines (for example, hectograph or stencil duplicating machines…).
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.
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. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
All 5 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8472.90.05 | 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 |
| 8472.90.90 | Other: other | Free |