Analysis
HTS 8479.71.00 covers of a kind used in airports under heading 8479 (machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 2.8%. Compared with 8479.89.65 (electromechanical appliances with self-contained electric motor: other), which pays 2.8%, a misclassification either way moves 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.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 61% of the 823 tariff lines in chapter 84, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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 332312 (Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing), an industry of 3,434 US establishments employing 114,153 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
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 |
| 8479.30.00 | 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% |
| 8479.79.00 | 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 |