Chapter 84, Machinery and mechanical appliances / Heading 8442

HTS 8442.30.01.50: Other machinery, apparatus and equipment

Schedule text: Other machinery, apparatus and equipment. Classification: Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465), for preparing or making plates, cylinders or other printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished); parts thereof › Machinery, apparatus and equipment › Other machinery, apparatus and equipment

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
8442.30.01.50
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.

  • 8442.30.01Machinery, apparatus and equipment (rate line, Free)
  • 8442.30.01.10Phototypesetting and composing machines

Questions about this example

What is HTS code 8442.30.01.50?
HTS 8442.30.01.50 covers other machinery, apparatus and equipment; the schedule's own line text is "Other machinery, apparatus and equipment". Its full classification path in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is: Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465), for preparing or making plates, cylinders or other printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished); parts thereof › Machinery, apparatus and equipment › Other machinery, apparatus and equipment. It sits in chapter 84 (Machinery and mechanical appliances) under heading 8442.
What is the general duty rate for HTS 8442.30.01.50?
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 8442.30.01.50 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 8442.30.01.50?
It is a statistical line under the 8-digit rate line 8442.30.01 (Machinery, apparatus and equipment), which has 1 other statistical line. All lines under one 8-digit heading share the same legal duty rate; the tenth digit reports statistics.