HTS heading 8480
Molding boxes for metal foundry; mold bases; molding patterns; molds for metal (other than ingot molds), metal carbides, glass, mineral materials, rubber or plastics — 27 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8480 | Molding boxes for metal foundry; mold bases; molding patterns; molds for metal (other than ingot molds), metal carbides, glass, mineral materials, rubber or plastics + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8480.10.00.00 | Molding boxes for metal foundry + Ch. 99 | 3.8% | No. |
| 8480.20.00.00 | Mold bases + Ch. 99 | 3.4% | No. |
| 8480.30.00.00 | Molding patterns + Ch. 99 | 2.8% | No. |
| 8480.41.00.00 | Injection or compression types + Ch. 99 | 3.1% | No. |
| 8480.49.00 | Other types + Ch. 99 | 3.1% | — |
| 8480.49.00.10 | Molds for centrifugal casting of ductile iron pipe + Ch. 99 | 3.1% (inherited from 8480.49.00) | No. |
| 8480.49.00.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.1% (inherited from 8480.49.00) | No. |
| 8480.50.00 | Molds for glass + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8480.50.00.10 | Injection or compression types + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8480.50.00) | No. |
| 8480.50.00.90 | Other types + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8480.50.00) | No. |
| 8480.60.00 | Molds for mineral materials + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8480.60.00.10 | Injection or compression types + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8480.60.00) | No. |
| 8480.60.00.90 | Other types + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8480.60.00) | No. |
| 8480.71 | Injection or compression types + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8480.71.10.00 | For shoe machinery + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8480.71.40.00 | For the manufacture of semiconductor devices + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8480.71.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.1% | — |
| 8480.71.80.20 | Temporarily imported for testing, calibration, examination, repair or alteration; returned after being exported for testing, calibration, examination, repair or alteration + Ch. 99 | 3.1% (inherited from 8480.71.80) | No. |
| 8480.71.80.45 | Injection type + Ch. 99 | 3.1% (inherited from 8480.71.80) | No. |
| 8480.71.80.60 | Compression type + Ch. 99 | 3.1% (inherited from 8480.71.80) | No. |
| 8480.79 | Other types + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8480.79.10.00 | Molds for shoe machinery + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8480.79.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3.1% | — |
| 8480.79.90.10 | Blow molds + Ch. 99 | 3.1% (inherited from 8480.79.90) | No. |
| 8480.79.90.20 | Bladder operated molds + Ch. 99 | 3.1% (inherited from 8480.79.90) | No. |
| 8480.79.90.90 | Other molds + Ch. 99 | 3.1% (inherited from 8480.79.90) | No. |
12 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
27 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.