Analysis
HTS 8476.89.00 covers other machines: other under heading 8476 (automatic goods-vending machines (for example, postage stamp, cigarette, food or beverage…).
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.
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.
The other lines in the same group are 8476.21.00 (incorporating heating or refrigerating devices, duty-free), 8476.29.00 (automatic beverage-vending machines: other, duty-free), 8476.81.00 (incorporating heating or refrigerating devices, duty-free) and 8476.90.00 (automatic goods-vending machines (for example, postage…, duty-free).
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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8476.21.00 | Incorporating heating or refrigerating devices | Free |
| 8476.29.00 | Automatic beverage-vending machines: other | Free |
| 8476.81.00 | Incorporating heating or refrigerating devices | Free |
| 8476.90.00 | Automatic goods-vending machines (for example, postage stamp, cigarette, food or beverage machines), including money-changing machines; parts thereof: parts | Free |