HTS heading 8479
Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts thereof — 48 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8479 | Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8479.10.00 | Machinery for public works, building or the like + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8479.10.00.40 | For concrete + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8479.10.00) | No. |
| 8479.10.00.60 | For bituminous material + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8479.10.00) | No. |
| 8479.10.00.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8479.10.00) | No. |
| 8479.20.00.00 | Machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.30.00.00 | Presses for the manufacture of particle board or fiber building board of wood or other ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.40.00.00 | Rope or cable-making machines + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.50.00.00 | Industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | No. |
| 8479.60.00.00 | Evaporative air coolers + Ch. 99 | 2.8% | No. |
| 8479.71.00.00 | Of a kind used in airports + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.79.00.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.81.00.00 | For treating metal, including electric wire coil-winders + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.82.00 | Mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screening, sifting, homogenizing, emulsifying or stirring machines + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8479.82.00.40 | Mixing, kneading or stirring machines + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8479.82.00) | No. |
| 8479.82.00.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8479.82.00) | No. |
| 8479.83.00.00 | Cold isostatic presses + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | No. |
| 8479.89 | Other + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8479.89.10.00 | Air humidifiers or dehumidifiers + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.89.20.00 | Floor polishers + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.89.55.00 | Trash compactors + Ch. 99 | 2.8% | No. |
| 8479.89.65.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.8% | No. |
| 8479.89.70.00 | Carpet sweepers + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.89.83.00 | Machines for the manufacturing of optical media + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.89.92.00 | Automated electronic component placement machines of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuit assemblies + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.89.95 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | — |
| 8479.89.95.10 | Machines for preparing biological samples for the subsequent diagnosis, testing, or analysis, as described in statistical note 7 to this chapter + Ch. 99 | 2.5% (inherited from 8479.89.95) | No. |
| 8479.89.95.50 | Oil and gas field wireline and downhole equipment + Ch. 99 | 2.5% (inherited from 8479.89.95) | No. |
| 8479.89.95.60 | Automotive maintenance machines + Ch. 99 | 2.5% (inherited from 8479.89.95) | No. |
| 8479.89.95.65 | Hydraulic accumulators + Ch. 99 | 2.5% (inherited from 8479.89.95) | No. |
| 8479.89.95.85 | Ultrasonic cleaning devices + Ch. 99 | 2.5% (inherited from 8479.89.95) | No. |
| 8479.89.95.95 | Industrial vibrators + Ch. 99 | 2.5% (inherited from 8479.89.95) | No. |
| 8479.89.95.96 | Tow behind sweepers + Ch. 99 | 2.5% (inherited from 8479.89.95) | No. |
| 8479.89.95.97 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.5% (inherited from 8479.89.95) | No. |
| 8479.90 | Parts + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8479.90.41.00 | Of articles of subheading 8479.89.10 or 8479.89.70 + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.90.45.00 | Frame assemblies incorporating more than one of the following: baseplate; side frames; power screws; front plates + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.90.55.00 | Ram assemblies incorporating a ram wrapper and/or ram cover + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.90.65.00 | Container assemblies incorporating more than one of the following: container bottom; container wrapper; slide track; container front + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.90.75.00 | Cabinets or cases + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.90.85.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8479.90.95 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8479.90.95.10 | Of machines for preparing biological samples for the subsequent diagnosis, testing, or analysis, as described in statistical note 7 to this chapter + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8479.90.95) | No. |
| 8479.90.95.30 | Of industrial robots + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8479.90.95) | No. |
| 8479.90.95.50 | Of machinery for public works, building or the like + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8479.90.95) | No. |
| 8479.90.95.60 | Of presses for the manufacture of particle board or fiber building board of wood or other ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8479.90.95) | No. |
| 8479.90.95.65 | Of machines or mechanical appliances for treating metal + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8479.90.95) | No. |
| 8479.90.95.91 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8479.90.95) | No. |
19 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
48 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.