HTS heading 8448
Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, dobbies, Jacquards, automatic stop motions and shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-frames, hosiery needles) — 29 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8448 | Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, dobbies, Jacquards, automatic stop motions and shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-frames, hosiery needles) + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8448.11.00.00 | Dobbies and Jacquards; card reducing, copying, punching or assembling machines for use therewith + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8448.19.00.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8448.20 | Parts and accessories of machines of heading 8444 or of their auxiliary machinery + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8448.20.10.00 | Of machines for extruding or drawing man-made textile filaments + Ch. 99 | 3.7% | No. |
| 8448.20.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.3% | — |
| 8448.20.50.10 | Of texturing machines + Ch. 99 | 3.3% (inherited from 8448.20.50) | No. |
| 8448.20.50.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.3% (inherited from 8448.20.50) | No. |
| 8448.31.00.00 | Card clothing + Ch. 99 | 3.3% | m2 |
| 8448.32.00 | Of machines for preparing textile fibers, other than card clothing + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8448.32.00.10 | Of cotton gins + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8448.32.00) | No. |
| 8448.32.00.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8448.32.00) | No. |
| 8448.33.00.00 | Spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings and ring travellers + Ch. 99 | 3.3% | No. |
| 8448.39 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8448.39.10.00 | Parts of spinning, doubling or twisting machines + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8448.39.50.00 | Parts of winding or reeling machines + Ch. 99 | 3.7% | No. |
| 8448.39.90.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8448.42.00.00 | Reeds for looms, healds and heald-frames + Ch. 99 | 3.7% | No. |
| 8448.49 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8448.49.10.00 | Shuttles + Ch. 99 | 3.7% | No. |
| 8448.49.20.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8448.51 | Sinkers, needles and other articles used in forming stitches + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8448.51.10.00 | Latch needles + Ch. 99 | Free | thousands |
| 8448.51.20.00 | Spring-beard needles + Ch. 99 | Free | thousands |
| 8448.51.30.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | thousands |
| 8448.51.50.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8448.59 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8448.59.10.00 | Parts of knitting machines + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8448.59.50.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | 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
29 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.