HTS Index

HTS heading 8453

Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, other than sewing machines; parts thereof — 7 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8453Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, other than sewing machines; parts thereof + Ch. 99not stated
8453.10.00.00Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8453.20.00.00Machinery for making or repairing footwear + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8453.80.00.00Other machinery + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8453.90Parts + Ch. 99not stated
8453.90.10.00Of machinery for making or repairing footwear + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8453.90.50.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.

Additional duties may apply

7 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.