HTS Index

HTS heading 8423

Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight-operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery — 24 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8423Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight-operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery + Ch. 99not stated
8423.10.00Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales + Ch. 99Free
8423.10.00.10Digital electronic type + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8423.10.00)No.
8423.10.00.30Of a kind suitable for carrying on the person + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8423.10.00)No.
8423.10.00.60Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8423.10.00)No.
8423.20Scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors + Ch. 99not stated
8423.20.10.00Using electronic means for gauging weights + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8423.20.90.00Other + Ch. 992.9%No.
8423.30.00.00Constant-weight scales and scales for discharging a predetermined weight of material into a bag or container, including hopper scales + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8423.81.00Having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30 kg + Ch. 99Free
8423.81.00.10Counting scales + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8423.81.00)No.
8423.81.00.20Retail scales, non-computing + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8423.81.00)No.
8423.81.00.30Retail scales, computing + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8423.81.00)No.
8423.81.00.40Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8423.81.00)No.
8423.81.00.50Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8423.81.00)No.
8423.82.00Having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30 kg but not exceeding 5,000 kg + Ch. 99Free
8423.82.00.10Digital electronic type + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8423.82.00)No.
8423.82.00.50Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8423.82.00)No.
8423.89Other + Ch. 99not stated
8423.89.10.00Using electronic means for gauging + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8423.89.90.00Other + Ch. 992.9%No.
8423.90Weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery + Ch. 99not stated
8423.90.10.00Parts of weighing machinery using electronic means for gauging weight, excluding parts of machines for weighing motor vehicles + Ch. 99Freekg
8423.90.90.00Other + Ch. 992.8%kg

10 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

24 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.