HTS heading 8456
Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron-beam, ionic-beam or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines — 33 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8456 | Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron-beam, ionic-beam or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8456.11 | Operated by laser + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8456.11.10 | For working metal + Ch. 99 | 3.5% | — |
| 8456.11.10.10 | Numerically controlled + Ch. 99 | 3.5% (inherited from 8456.11.10) | No. |
| 8456.11.10.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.5% (inherited from 8456.11.10) | No. |
| 8456.11.70.00 | Of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits, printed circuit assemblies, parts of heading 8517 or parts of automatic data processing units + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8456.11.90.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.4% | No. |
| 8456.12 | Operated by other light or photon beam processes + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8456.12.10 | For working metal + Ch. 99 | 3.5% | — |
| 8456.12.10.10 | Numerically controlled + Ch. 99 | 3.5% (inherited from 8456.12.10) | No. |
| 8456.12.10.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.5% (inherited from 8456.12.10) | No. |
| 8456.12.70.00 | Of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits, printed circuit assemblies, parts of heading 8517 or parts of automatic data processing + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8456.12.90.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.4% | No. |
| 8456.20 | Operated by ultrasonic processes + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8456.20.10 | For working metal + Ch. 99 | 3.5% | — |
| 8456.20.10.10 | Numerically controlled + Ch. 99 | 3.5% (inherited from 8456.20.10) | No. |
| 8456.20.10.50 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.5% (inherited from 8456.20.10) | No. |
| 8456.20.50.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.4% | No. |
| 8456.30 | Operated by electro-discharge processes + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8456.30.10 | For working metal + Ch. 99 | 3.5% | — |
| 8456.30.10.20 | Traveling wire (wire-cut) type + Ch. 99 | 3.5% (inherited from 8456.30.10) | No. |
| 8456.30.10.50 | Numerically controlled + Ch. 99 | 3.5% (inherited from 8456.30.10) | No. |
| 8456.30.10.70 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.5% (inherited from 8456.30.10) | No. |
| 8456.30.50.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.4% | No. |
| 8456.40 | Operated by plasma arc process + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8456.40.10 | For working metal + Ch. 99 | 3.5% | — |
| 8456.40.10.10 | Numerically controlled + Ch. 99 | 3.5% (inherited from 8456.40.10) | No. |
| 8456.40.10.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.5% (inherited from 8456.40.10) | No. |
| 8456.40.90.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.2% | No. |
| 8456.50.00.00 | Water-jet cutting machines + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | No. |
| 8456.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8456.90.31.00 | For working metal + Ch. 99 | 3.5% | No. |
| 8456.90.71.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.2% | No. |
11 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
33 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.