HTS heading 8445
Machines for preparing textile fibers; spinning, doubling or twisting machines and other machinery for producing textile yarns; textile reeling or winding (including weft winding) machines and machines for preparing textile yarns for use on the machines of heading 8446 or 8447 — 13 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8445 | Machines for preparing textile fibers; spinning, doubling or twisting machines and other machinery for producing textile yarns; textile reeling or winding (including weft winding) machines and machines for preparing textile yarns for use on the machines of heading 8446 or 8447 + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8445.11.00.00 | Carding machines + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8445.12.00.00 | Combing machines + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8445.13.00.00 | Drawing or roving machines + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8445.19.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.3% | — |
| 8445.19.00.40 | Cotton gins + Ch. 99 | 3.3% (inherited from 8445.19.00) | No. |
| 8445.19.00.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.3% (inherited from 8445.19.00) | No. |
| 8445.20.00.00 | Textile spinning machines + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8445.30.00 | Textile doubling or twisting machines + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8445.30.00.10 | Textile twisting machines + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8445.30.00) | No. |
| 8445.30.00.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8445.30.00) | No. |
| 8445.40.00.00 | Textile winding (including weft winding) or reeling machines + Ch. 99 | 3.7% | No. |
| 8445.90.00.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.7% | No. |
4 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
13 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.