HTS heading · chapter 84
8474
Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances, in solid (including powder or paste) form; machinery for agglomerating, shaping or molding solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials or other mineral products in powder or paste form; machines for forming foundry molds of sand; parts thereof
Analysis
Heading 8474 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances, in solid (including powder or paste) form; machinery for agglomerating…. It divides into 7 six-digit subheadings and 7 eight-digit tariff lines, with 16 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 7 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The largest subheadings are 8474.10 (unnamed, 1 line), 8474.20 (unnamed, 1 line), 8474.31 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8474.32 (unnamed, 1 line).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 30th percentile of the headings in chapter 84.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Construction Machinery Manufacturing (333120), Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing (333131) and All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (33399). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8474.10.00 | Sorting, screening, separating or washing machines | Free |
| 8474.20.00 | Crushing or grinding machines | Free |
| 8474.31.00 | Concrete or mortar mixers | Free |
| 8474.32.00 | Machines for mixing mineral substances with bitumen | Free |
| 8474.39.00 | Mixing or kneading machines: other | Free |
| 8474.80.00 | Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances, in solid (including powder or paste) form; machinery for agglomerating, shaping or molding solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials or other mineral products in powder or paste form; machines for forming foundry molds of sand; parts thereof: other machinery | Free |
| 8474.90.00 | Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances, in solid (including powder or paste) form; machinery for agglomerating, shaping or molding solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials or other mineral products in powder or paste form; machines for forming foundry molds of sand; parts thereof: parts | Free |