HTS 8443
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
| General rate | Not stated for this line What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them. |
|---|---|
| Special rate | Not stated for this line Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes. |
| Column 2 rate | Not stated for this line Only for the few countries without normal trade relations. |
This line states no general duty rate, and none is inherited from the lines above it. That is not the same as duty-free: lines in Chapters 98 and 99 are provisions and qualifiers rather than ordinary commodities, and a rate may be stated elsewhere. Check the heading before assuming anything.
Additional duties may apply
This line references Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate above and depend on where the goods were made. The rate shown here is therefore not the whole story for every origin.
Statistical breakouts
The 10-digit lines under this code. They are reporting categories; the duty is the one above unless a line states its own.
| Code | Description | Units | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8443.11 | Offset printing machinery, reel-fed | — | see above |
| 8443.11.10.00 | Double-width newspaper printing presses | No. | 3.3% |
| 8443.11.50.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.12.00.00 | Offset printing machinery, sheet-fed, office type (using sheets with one side not exceeding 22 cm and the other side not exceeding 36 cm in the unfolded state) | No. | Free |
| 8443.13.00.00 | Other offset printing machinery | No. | Free |
| 8443.14.00.00 | Letterpress printing machinery, reel fed, excluding flexographic printing | No. | 2.2% |
| 8443.15.00.00 | Letterpress printing machinery, other than reel fed, excluding flexographic printing | No. | Free |
| 8443.16.00.00 | Flexographic printing machinery | No. | 2.2% |
| 8443.17.00.00 | Gravure printing machinery | No. | 2.2% |
| 8443.19 | Other | — | see above |
| 8443.19.20.00 | Textile printing machinery | No. | 2.6% |
| 8443.19.30.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.31.00.00 | Machines which perform two or more of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network | No. | Free |
| 8443.32 | Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network | — | see above |
| 8443.32.10 | Printer units | — | Free |
| 8443.32.10.10 | Capable of producing more than 20 pages per minute | No. | Free |
| 8443.32.10.20 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.32.10.30 | Light bar electronic type | No. | Free |
| 8443.32.10.40 | Ink jet | No. | Free |
| 8443.32.10.50 | Thermal transfer | No. | Free |
| 8443.32.10.60 | Ionographic | No. | Free |
| 8443.32.10.70 | Daisy wheel | No. | Free |
| 8443.32.10.80 | Dot matrix | No. | Free |
| 8443.32.10.90 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.32.50.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.39 | Other | — | see above |
| 8443.39.10.00 | Operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process) | No. | Free |
| 8443.39.20.00 | Operating by reproducing the original image via an intermediate onto the copy (indirect process) | No. | Free |
| 8443.39.30.00 | Incorporating an optical system | No. | Free |
| 8443.39.40.00 | Of the contact type | No. | Free |
| 8443.39.50.00 | Thermocopying apparatus | No. | Free |
| 8443.39.60.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.39.90.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.91 | Parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 | — | see above |
| 8443.91.10.00 | Machines for uses ancillary to printing | No. | Free |
| 8443.91.20.00 | Parts for textile printing machinery | No. | Free |
| 8443.91.30.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.99 | Other | — | see above |
| 8443.99.10.00 | Accessory and auxiliary machines which are intended for attachment to an electrostatic photocopier and which do not operate independently of such photocopier | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.20 | Parts of printer units of subheading 8443.32.10 specified in additional U.S. note 2 to this chapter | — | Free |
| 8443.99.20.10 | Ink cartridges | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.20.50 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.25 | Other | — | Free |
| 8443.99.25.10 | Ink cartridges | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.25.50 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.30.00 | Parts of facsimile machines specified in additional U.S. note 3 to this chapter | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.35.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.40.00 | Parts of photocopying apparatus of subheading 8443.39.20 specified in additional U.S. note 4 to this chapter | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.45.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.50 | Other | — | Free |
| 8443.99.50.11 | Ink cartridges | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.50.15 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.50.50 | Other | No. | Free |
What changed
No recorded change to this line since we began reading the schedule daily. That is the ordinary state: USITC revises it fifteen to eighteen times a year, and most codes are untouched in any given revision.
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One email if the duty on 8443 moves, or the line is reworded or withdrawn. USITC publishes revisions without a calendar, and a rate change applies to goods entered from the day it takes effect.
Before you rely on this
Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call. This page publishes the schedule as USITC does; it does not calculate what an entry will cost.
Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.