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 machines, whether or not combined; parts and accessories thereof — 54 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8443.11 | Offset printing machinery, reel-fed + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8443.11.10.00 | Double-width newspaper printing presses + Ch. 99 | 3.3% | No. |
| 8443.11.50.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 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) + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.13.00.00 | Other offset printing machinery + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.14.00.00 | Letterpress printing machinery, reel fed, excluding flexographic printing + Ch. 99 | 2.2% | No. |
| 8443.15.00.00 | Letterpress printing machinery, other than reel fed, excluding flexographic printing + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.16.00.00 | Flexographic printing machinery + Ch. 99 | 2.2% | No. |
| 8443.17.00.00 | Gravure printing machinery + Ch. 99 | 2.2% | No. |
| 8443.19 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8443.19.20.00 | Textile printing machinery + Ch. 99 | 2.6% | No. |
| 8443.19.30.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 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 + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.32 | Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8443.32.10 | Printer units + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8443.32.10.10 | Capable of producing more than 20 pages per minute + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.32.10) | No. |
| 8443.32.10.20 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.32.10) | No. |
| 8443.32.10.30 | Light bar electronic type + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.32.10) | No. |
| 8443.32.10.40 | Ink jet + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.32.10) | No. |
| 8443.32.10.50 | Thermal transfer + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.32.10) | No. |
| 8443.32.10.60 | Ionographic + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.32.10) | No. |
| 8443.32.10.70 | Daisy wheel + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.32.10) | No. |
| 8443.32.10.80 | Dot matrix + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.32.10) | No. |
| 8443.32.10.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.32.10) | No. |
| 8443.32.50.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.39 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8443.39.10.00 | Operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process) + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.20.00 | Operating by reproducing the original image via an intermediate onto the copy (indirect process) + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.30.00 | Incorporating an optical system + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.40.00 | Of the contact type + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.50.00 | Thermocopying apparatus + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.60.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.90.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.91 | Parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8443.91.10.00 | Machines for uses ancillary to printing + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.91.20.00 | Parts for textile printing machinery + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.91.30.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.99 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 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 + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.20 | Parts of printer units of subheading 8443.32.10 specified in additional U.S. note 2 to this chapter + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8443.99.20.10 | Ink cartridges + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.99.20) | No. |
| 8443.99.20.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.99.20) | No. |
| 8443.99.25 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8443.99.25.10 | Ink cartridges + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.99.25) | No. |
| 8443.99.25.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.99.25) | No. |
| 8443.99.30.00 | Parts of facsimile machines specified in additional U.S. note 3 to this chapter + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.35.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.40.00 | Parts of photocopying apparatus of subheading 8443.39.20 specified in additional U.S. note 4 to this chapter + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.45.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8443.99.50.11 | Ink cartridges + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.99.50) | No. |
| 8443.99.50.15 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.99.50) | No. |
| 8443.99.50.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8443.99.50) | No. |
16 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
54 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.