Analysis
HTS 8474.20.00 covers crushing or grinding machines under heading 8474 (machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
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 333131 (Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing), an industry of 266 US establishments employing 10,391 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The ten-digit suffixes separate portable and crushing. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8474.10.00 | Sorting, screening, separating or washing 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 |