Chapter 84, Machinery and mechanical appliances / Heading 8422

HTS 8422.40.91.60: Machines for shrink film and heat sealing

Schedule text: Machines for shrink film and heat sealing. Classification: Dishwashing machines; machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers; machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labeling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; other packing or wrapping machinery (including heat-shrink wrapping machinery); machinery for aerating beverages; parts thereof › Other packing or wrapping machinery (including heat-shrink wrapping machinery) › Other › Machines for shrink film and heat sealing

General rate of duty

Free

Column 1, USITC schedule

From China, all in

37.5%

Priced live by the Gateway engine

Section 301 China

25%

List 1

Forced labor 301

12.5%

9903.05.31

How the rate is built

Each line is a separate legal authority. They stack on the $10,000 customs value unless a carve-out says otherwise.

ProgramRateAmount
General rate of duty (Column 1)
Official rate: Free
8422.40.91.60
0%$0.00
Section 301 China (List 1)
25%$2,500.00
Section 301 forced labor
9903.05.31
12.5%$1,250.00
Effective duty rate
37.5%$3,750.00

Stack priced from China on a $10,000 customs value, ocean entry. Other origins carry different programs; the calculator prices any of them.

Related lines

Statistical lines under the same 8-digit heading share one legal rate; the last two digits report statistics.

  • 8422.40.91Other (rate line, Free)
  • 8422.40.91.40Strapping machines
  • 8422.40.91.50Machines for case and tray forming, packing, unpacking, closing and sealing
  • 8422.40.91.70Machines for wrapping
  • 8422.40.91.81Other

Questions about this example

What is HTS code 8422.40.91.60?
HTS 8422.40.91.60 covers machines for shrink film and heat sealing; the schedule's own line text is "Machines for shrink film and heat sealing". Its full classification path in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is: Dishwashing machines; machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers; machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labeling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; other packing or wrapping machinery (including heat-shrink wrapping machinery); machinery for aerating beverages; parts thereof › Other packing or wrapping machinery (including heat-shrink wrapping machinery) › Other › Machines for shrink film and heat sealing. It sits in chapter 84 (Machinery and mechanical appliances) under heading 8422.
What is the general duty rate for HTS 8422.40.91.60?
The Column 1 general rate of duty is Free. That is the most-favored-nation rate before any Section 301, Section 232, Section 338, Section 201 or antidumping and countervailing action, and before CBP's Merchandise Processing and Harbor Maintenance fees.
What is the tariff on HTS 8422.40.91.60 from China?
Priced on $10,000 of goods, the effective duty from China is 37.5%: 0% general rate + 25% Section 301 + 12.5% forced labor. Section 301 applies (List 1). The Section 301 forced-labor duty applies.
Which lines are related to HTS 8422.40.91.60?
It is a statistical line under the 8-digit rate line 8422.40.91 (Other), which has 4 other statistical lines. All lines under one 8-digit heading share the same legal duty rate; the tenth digit reports statistics.