HTS heading 8443: Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442; other printers, copying machines and facsimile
Heading 8443 of the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442; other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined; parts and accessories thereof. Below: every rated tariff line in it with its general duty rate, Section 301 China status and exclusions, then a page per line with a free duty calculator.
Heading 8443 at a glance
- 31 rated tariff lines; 26 duty-free at the general (MFN) rate.
- Ad valorem general rates from 2.2% to 3.3%.
- Section 301 (products of China): 30 of 31 lines on a list in effect (List 1, List 2, List 3, List 4A).
Goods named in this heading (official line texts): Double-width newspaper printing presses, Offset printing machinery, sheet-fed, office type (using sheets with one side not exceeding 22…, Letterpress printing machinery, reel fed, excluding flexographic printing, Letterpress printing machinery, other than reel fed, excluding flexographic printing, Flexographic printing machinery, Gravure pri…, Textile printing machinery, Machines which perform two.
Subheadings (6-digit)
- 8443.11: Offset printing machinery, reel-fed (2 lines)
- 8443.12: Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 (1 line)
- 8443.13: Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 (1 line)
- 8443.14: Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 (1 line)
- 8443.15: Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 (1 line)
- 8443.16: Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 (1 line)
- 8443.17: Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 (1 line)
- 8443.19: Other (2 lines)
- 8443.31: Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined (1 line)
- 8443.32: Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network (2 lines)
- 8443.39: Electrostatic photocopying apparatus (7 lines)
- 8443.91: Parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 (3 lines)
- 8443.99: Other (8 lines)
All tariff lines in heading 8443
| Line | Description | General | Section 301 (China) | Exclusions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8443.11.10 | Double-width newspaper printing presses | 3.3% | List 1 +25% | |
| 8443.11.50 | Offset printing machinery, reel-fed: Other | Free | List 1 +25% | |
| 8443.12.00 | Offset printing machinery, sheet-fed, office type (using sheets with one side not exceeding 22… | Free | List 1 +25% | |
| 8443.13.00 | Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other pri…: Other offse… | Free | List 1 +25% | |
| 8443.14.00 | Letterpress printing machinery, reel fed, excluding flexographic printing | 2.2% | List 1 +25% | |
| 8443.15.00 | Letterpress printing machinery, other than reel fed, excluding flexographic printing | Free | List 3 +25% | |
| 8443.16.00 | Flexographic printing machinery | 2.2% | List 3 +25% | |
| 8443.17.00 | Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other pri…: Gravure pri… | 2.2% | List 1 +25% | |
| 8443.19.20 | Other: Textile printing machinery | 2.6% | List 4A +7.5% | |
| 8443.19.30 | Other: Other | Free | List 1 +25% | |
| 8443.31.00 | Machines which perform two or more of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmis… | Free | List 4A +7.5% | |
| 8443.32.10 | Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a net…: Printer uni… | Free | List 4A +7.5% | |
| 8443.32.50 | Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a net…: Other | Free | List 4A +7.5% | |
| 8443.39.10 | Operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process) | Free | List 4A +7.5% | |
| 8443.39.20 | Operating by reproducing the original image via an intermediate onto the copy (indirect proces… | Free | List 3 +25% | |
| 8443.39.30 | Incorporating an optical system | Free | List 3 +25% | |
| 8443.39.40 | Other photocopying apparatus: Of the contact type | Free | List 3 +25% | |
| 8443.39.50 | Copying machines: Thermocopying apparatus | Free | List 3 +25% | |
| 8443.39.60 | Copying machines: Other | Free | List 4B (suspended, no extra duty) | |
| 8443.39.90 | Other: Other | Free | List 4A +7.5% | |
| 8443.91.10 | Machines for uses ancillary to printing | Free | List 1 +25% | |
| 8443.91.20 | Parts for textile printing machinery | Free | List 4A +7.5% | |
| 8443.91.30 | Parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates…: Other | Free | List 4A +7.5% | |
| 8443.99.10 | Accessory and auxiliary machines which are intended for attachment to an electrostatic photoco… | Free | List 3 +25% | |
| 8443.99.20 | Parts of printer units of subheading 8443.32.10 specified in additional U.S. note 2 to this ch… | Free | List 1 +25% | |
| 8443.99.25 | Parts and accessories of printers: Other | Free | List 4A +7.5% | |
| 8443.99.30 | Parts of facsimile machines specified in additional U.S. note 3 to this chapter | Free | List 3 +25% | |
| 8443.99.35 | Parts and accessories of facsimile machines: Other | Free | List 3 +25% | |
| 8443.99.40 | Parts of photocopying apparatus of subheading 8443.39.20 specified in additional U.S. note 4 t… | Free | List 2 +25% | |
| 8443.99.45 | Parts and accessories of copying machines: Other | Free | List 1 +25% | |
| 8443.99.50 | Other: Other | Free | List 4A +7.5% |
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General information from the official US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (USITC) and USTR Section 301 notices in HTS Chapter 99; not legal or customs advice. Classification is decided by CBP; confirm with a licensed customs broker or a CBP binding ruling.
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