HTS tariff line · chapter 84
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
Analysis
HTS 8479.30.00 covers 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 under heading 8479 (machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 2.8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8479.89.65 (electromechanical appliances with self-contained electric motor: other), at 2.8%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 2.8 percentage points.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333243 (Sawmill, Woodworking, and Paper Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 391 US establishments employing 12,466 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8479.10.00 | Machinery for public works, building or the like | Free |
| 8479.20.00 | Machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils | 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 |