Analysis
HTS 8479.10.00 covers machinery for public works, building or the like under heading 8479 (machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 2.8%. The costliest confusion would be with 8479.89.65 (electromechanical appliances with self-contained electric motor: other) at 2.8%, a difference of 2.8 points on the customs value.
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 333120 (Construction Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 651 US establishments employing 64,700 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8479.20.00 | Machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils | Free |
| 8479.30.00 | Presses for the manufacture of particle board or fiber building board of wood or other ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork | Free |
| 8479.40.00 | Rope or cable-making machines | Free |
| 8479.50.00 | Industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included | 2.5% |
| 8479.60.00 | Evaporative air coolers | 2.8% |
| 8479.71.00 | Of a kind used in airports | Free |
| 8479.79.00 | Passenger boarding bridges: other | Free |
| 8479.81.00 | For treating metal, including electric wire coil-winders | Free |
| 8479.82.00 | Mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screening, sifting, homogenizing, emulsifying or stirring machines | Free |
| 8479.83.00 | Cold isostatic presses | 2.5% |
| 8479.89.10 | Air humidifiers or dehumidifiers | Free |
| 8479.89.20 | Electromechanical appliances with self-contained electric motor: floor polishers | Free |
| 8479.89.55 | Electromechanical appliances with self-contained electric motor: trash compactors | 2.8% |
| 8479.89.65 | Electromechanical appliances with self-contained electric motor: other | 2.8% |
| 8479.89.70 | Other: carpet sweepers | Free |
| 8479.89.83 | Machines for the manufacturing of optical media | Free |
| 8479.89.92 | Automated electronic component placement machines of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuit assemblies | Free |
| 8479.89.95 | Other: other | 2.5% |
| 8479.90.41 | Of articles of subheading 8479.89.10 or 8479.89.70 | Free |
| 8479.90.45 | Frame assemblies incorporating more than one of the following: baseplate; side frames; power screws; front plates | Free |
| 8479.90.55 | Ram assemblies incorporating a ram wrapper and/or ram cover | Free |
| 8479.90.65 | Container assemblies incorporating more than one of the following: container bottom; container wrapper; slide track; container front | Free |
| 8479.90.75 | Of trash compactors: cabinets or cases | Free |
| 8479.90.85 | Of trash compactors: other | Free |
| 8479.90.95 | Parts: other | Free |