HTS Index

HTS heading 8459

Machine tools (including way-type unit head machines) for drilling, boring, milling, threading or tapping by removing metal, other than lathes (including turning centers) of heading 8458 — 54 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8459Machine tools (including way-type unit head machines) for drilling, boring, milling, threading or tapping by removing metal, other than lathes (including turning centers) of heading 8458 + Ch. 99not stated
8459.10.00.00Way-type unit head machines + Ch. 993.3%No.
8459.21.00Numerically controlled + Ch. 994.2%
8459.21.00.40Used or rebuilt + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.21.00)No.
8459.21.00.80Other + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.21.00)No.
8459.29.00Other + Ch. 994.2%
8459.29.00.10Used or rebuilt + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.29.00)No.
8459.29.00.20Other, valued under $3,025 each + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.29.00)No.
8459.29.00.40Multiple spindle + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.29.00)No.
8459.29.00.50Radial + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.29.00)No.
8459.29.00.70Upright, excluding sensitive (hand- directed), turret and deep-hole machines + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.29.00)No.
8459.29.00.90Other + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.29.00)No.
8459.31.00Numerically controlled + Ch. 994.2%
8459.31.00.05Used or rebuilt + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.31.00)No.
8459.31.00.10Table type, excluding planer type + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.31.00)No.
8459.31.00.40Other + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.31.00)No.
8459.31.00.70Other + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.31.00)No.
8459.39.00Other + Ch. 994.2%
8459.39.00.10Used or rebuilt + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.39.00)No.
8459.39.00.20Other, valued under $3,025 each + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.39.00)No.
8459.39.00.40Horizontal spindle + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.39.00)No.
8459.39.00.50Other + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.39.00)No.
8459.41.00Numerically controlled + Ch. 994.2%
8459.41.00.10Used or rebuilt + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.41.00)No.
8459.41.00.20Other, valued under $3,025 each + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.41.00)No.
8459.41.00.30Vertical + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.41.00)No.
8459.41.00.90Other + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.41.00)No.
8459.49.00Other + Ch. 994.2%
8459.49.00.10Used or rebuilt + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.49.00)No.
8459.49.00.20Other, valued under $3,025 each + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.49.00)No.
8459.49.00.30Vertical + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.49.00)No.
8459.49.00.90Other + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.49.00)No.
8459.51.00Numerically controlled + Ch. 994.2%
8459.51.00.40Used or rebuilt + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.51.00)No.
8459.51.00.80Other + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.51.00)No.
8459.59.00Other + Ch. 994.2%
8459.59.00.10Used or rebuilt + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.59.00)No.
8459.59.00.20Other, valued under $3,025 each + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.59.00)No.
8459.59.00.30Other + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.59.00)No.
8459.61.00Numerically controlled + Ch. 994.2%
8459.61.00.40Used or rebuilt + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.61.00)No.
8459.61.00.80Other + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.61.00)No.
8459.69.00Other + Ch. 994.2%
8459.69.00.10Used or rebuilt + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.69.00)No.
8459.69.00.20Other, valued under $3,025 each + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.69.00)No.
8459.69.00.50Profile, duplicating or die sinking + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.69.00)No.
8459.69.00.70Bed type + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.69.00)No.
8459.69.00.90Other + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.69.00)No.
8459.70Other threading or tapping machines + Ch. 99not stated
8459.70.40.00Numerically controlled + Ch. 994.2%No.
8459.70.80Other + Ch. 994.2%
8459.70.80.40Used or rebuilt + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.70.80)No.
8459.70.80.60Other, valued under $3,025 each + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.70.80)No.
8459.70.80.80Other + Ch. 994.2% (inherited from 8459.70.80)No.

39 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

54 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.