HTS Index

HTS heading 8447

Knitting machines, stitch-bonding machines and machines for making gimped yarn, tulle, lace, embroidery, trimmings, braid or net and machines for tufting — 22 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8447Knitting machines, stitch-bonding machines and machines for making gimped yarn, tulle, lace, embroidery, trimmings, braid or net and machines for tufting + Ch. 99not stated
8447.11With cylinder diameter not exceeding 165 mm + Ch. 99not stated
8447.11.10.00For knitting hosiery + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8447.11.90Other + Ch. 99Free
8447.11.90.10Open-top cylinder machines + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8447.11.90)No.
8447.11.90.20Cylinder and dial machines + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8447.11.90)No.
8447.11.90.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8447.11.90)No.
8447.12With cylinder diameter exceeding 165 mm + Ch. 99not stated
8447.12.10.00For knitting hosiery + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8447.12.90Other + Ch. 99Free
8447.12.90.10Open-top cylinder machines + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8447.12.90)No.
8447.12.90.20Cylinder and dial machines + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8447.12.90)No.
8447.12.90.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8447.12.90)No.
8447.20Flat knitting machines; stitch-bonding machines + Ch. 99not stated
8447.20.20.00Power driven flat knitting machines over 50.8 cm in width + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8447.20.30.00Other + Ch. 992.6%No.
8447.20.40.00Warp knitting machines + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8447.20.60.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8447.90Other + Ch. 99not stated
8447.90.10.00Braiding and lace-braiding machines + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8447.90.50.00Embroidery machines + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8447.90.90.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.

6 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

22 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.