Analysis
HTS 8485.80.00 covers machines for additive manufacturing: other under heading 8485 (machines for additive manufacturing).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 3.1%. Compared with 8485.90.90 (parts: other), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 2.5 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2.5% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 84 (68th percentile of 823 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $250 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 14.0 times the general rate.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.5%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 33399 (All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing), an industry of 3,460 US establishments employing 158,898 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8485.10.01 | Machines for additive manufacturing: by metal deposit | 2.5% |
| 8485.20.00 | By plastics or rubber deposit | 3.1% |
| 8485.30.00 | By plaster, cement, ceramics or glass deposit | 2.5% |
| 8485.90.10 | By plastics or rubber deposit | 3.1% |
| 8485.90.90 | Parts: other | Free |