HTS heading 8478
Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts thereof — 7 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8478 | Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8478.10.00 | Machinery + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8478.10.00.10 | Industrial cigarette-making machines + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8478.10.00) | No. |
| 8478.10.00.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8478.10.00) | No. |
| 8478.90.00 | Parts + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8478.90.00.10 | Parts of industrial cigarette-making machines + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8478.90.00) | No. |
| 8478.90.00.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8478.90.00) | 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
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.