HTS 8479
Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8479.10.00 | Machinery for public works, building or the like | — | Free |
| 8479.10.00.40 | For concrete | No. | Free |
| 8479.10.00.60 | For bituminous material | No. | Free |
| 8479.10.00.80 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8479.20.00.00 | Machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils | No. | Free |
| 8479.30.00.00 | Presses for the manufacture of particle board or fiber building board of wood or other ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork | No. | Free |
| 8479.40.00.00 | Rope or cable-making machines | No. | Free |
| 8479.50.00.00 | Industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included | No. | 2.5% |
| 8479.60.00.00 | Evaporative air coolers | No. | 2.8% |
| 8479.71.00.00 | Of a kind used in airports | No. | Free |
| 8479.79.00.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8479.81.00.00 | For treating metal, including electric wire coil-winders | No. | Free |
| 8479.82.00 | Mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screening, sifting, homogenizing, emulsifying or stirring machines | — | Free |
| 8479.82.00.40 | Mixing, kneading or stirring machines | No. | Free |
| 8479.82.00.80 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8479.83.00.00 | Cold isostatic presses | No. | 2.5% |
| 8479.89 | Other | — | see above |
| 8479.89.10.00 | Air humidifiers or dehumidifiers | No. | Free |
| 8479.89.20.00 | Floor polishers | No. | Free |
| 8479.89.55.00 | Trash compactors | No. | 2.8% |
| 8479.89.65.00 | Other | No. | 2.8% |
| 8479.89.70.00 | Carpet sweepers | No. | Free |
| 8479.89.83.00 | Machines for the manufacturing of optical media | No. | Free |
| 8479.89.92.00 | Automated electronic component placement machines of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuit assemblies | No. | Free |
| 8479.89.95 | Other | — | 2.5% |
| 8479.89.95.10 | Machines for preparing biological samples for the subsequent diagnosis, testing, or analysis, as described in statistical note 7 to this chapter | No. | 2.5% |
| 8479.89.95.50 | Oil and gas field wireline and downhole equipment | No. | 2.5% |
| 8479.89.95.60 | Automotive maintenance machines | No. | 2.5% |
| 8479.89.95.65 | Hydraulic accumulators | No. | 2.5% |
| 8479.89.95.85 | Ultrasonic cleaning devices | No. | 2.5% |
| 8479.89.95.95 | Industrial vibrators | No. | 2.5% |
| 8479.89.95.96 | Tow behind sweepers | No. | 2.5% |
| 8479.89.95.97 | Other | No. | 2.5% |
| 8479.90 | Parts | — | see above |
| 8479.90.41.00 | Of articles of subheading 8479.89.10 or 8479.89.70 | No. | Free |
| 8479.90.45.00 | Frame assemblies incorporating more than one of the following: baseplate; side frames; power screws; front plates | No. | Free |
| 8479.90.55.00 | Ram assemblies incorporating a ram wrapper and/or ram cover | No. | Free |
| 8479.90.65.00 | Container assemblies incorporating more than one of the following: container bottom; container wrapper; slide track; container front | No. | Free |
| 8479.90.75.00 | Cabinets or cases | No. | Free |
| 8479.90.85.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8479.90.95 | Other | — | Free |
| 8479.90.95.10 | Of machines for preparing biological samples for the subsequent diagnosis, testing, or analysis, as described in statistical note 7 to this chapter | No. | Free |
| 8479.90.95.30 | Of industrial robots | No. | Free |
| 8479.90.95.50 | Of machinery for public works, building or the like | No. | Free |
| 8479.90.95.60 | Of presses for the manufacture of particle board or fiber building board of wood or other ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork | No. | Free |
| 8479.90.95.65 | Of machines or mechanical appliances for treating metal | No. | Free |
| 8479.90.95.91 | 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 8479 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.