Analysis
HTS 8479.90.95 covers parts: other under heading 8479 (machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 6 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.
The ten-digit suffixes separate of machines for preparing biological…, of industrial robots, of machinery for public works, building…, of presses for the manufacture of… and of machines or mechanical appliances…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
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
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8479.90.95.10 | Of machines for preparing biological samples for the subsequent diagnosis, testing, or analysis, as described in statistical note 7 to this chapter | No. | |
| 8479.90.95.30 | Of industrial robots | No. | |
| 8479.90.95.50 | Of machinery for public works, building or the like | No. | 333120 |
| 8479.90.95.60 | Of 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 | No. | 333243 |
| 8479.90.95.65 | Of machines or mechanical appliances for treating metal | No. | 333519 |
| 8479.90.95.91 | Other | No. |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |