HTS Index

HTS heading 8472

Other office machines (for example, hectograph or stencil duplicating machines, addressing machines, automatic banknote dispensers, coin-sorting machines, coin-counting or wrapping machines, pencil-sharpening machines, perforating or stapling machines) — 13 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8472Other office machines (for example, hectograph or stencil duplicating machines, addressing machines, automatic banknote dispensers, coin-sorting machines, coin-counting or wrapping machines, pencil-sharpening machines, perforating or stapling machines) + Ch. 99not stated
8472.10.00.00Duplicating machines + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8472.30.00.00Machines for sorting or folding mail or for inserting mail in envelopes or bands, machines for opening, closing or sealing mail and machines for affixing or canceling postage stamps + Ch. 991.8%No.
8472.90Other + Ch. 99not stated
8472.90.05.00Addressing machines and address plate embossing machines + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8472.90.10.00Automatic teller machines + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8472.90.40.00Pencil sharpeners + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8472.90.50.00Typewriters other than printers of heading 8443; word processing machines + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8472.90.60.00Numbering, dating and check-writing machines + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8472.90.90Other + Ch. 99Free
8472.90.90.40Desktop note counters and note scanners + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8472.90.90)No.
8472.90.90.60Other currency and coin handling machines + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8472.90.90)No.
8472.90.90.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8472.90.90)No.

3 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

13 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.