HTS Index

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.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8480Molding boxes for metal foundry; mold bases; molding patterns; molds for metal (other than ingot molds), metal carbides, glass, mineral materials, rubber or plastics + Ch. 99not stated
8480.10.00.00Molding boxes for metal foundry + Ch. 993.8%No.
8480.20.00.00Mold bases + Ch. 993.4%No.
8480.30.00.00Molding patterns + Ch. 992.8%No.
8480.41.00.00Injection or compression types + Ch. 993.1%No.
8480.49.00Other types + Ch. 993.1%
8480.49.00.10Molds for centrifugal casting of ductile iron pipe + Ch. 993.1% (inherited from 8480.49.00)No.
8480.49.00.90Other + Ch. 993.1% (inherited from 8480.49.00)No.
8480.50.00Molds for glass + Ch. 99Free
8480.50.00.10Injection or compression types + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8480.50.00)No.
8480.50.00.90Other types + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8480.50.00)No.
8480.60.00Molds for mineral materials + Ch. 99Free
8480.60.00.10Injection or compression types + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8480.60.00)No.
8480.60.00.90Other types + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8480.60.00)No.
8480.71Injection or compression types + Ch. 99not stated
8480.71.10.00For shoe machinery + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8480.71.40.00For the manufacture of semiconductor devices + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8480.71.80Other + Ch. 993.1%
8480.71.80.20Temporarily imported for testing, calibration, examination, repair or alteration; returned after being exported for testing, calibration, examination, repair or alteration + Ch. 993.1% (inherited from 8480.71.80)No.
8480.71.80.45Injection type + Ch. 993.1% (inherited from 8480.71.80)No.
8480.71.80.60Compression type + Ch. 993.1% (inherited from 8480.71.80)No.
8480.79Other types + Ch. 99not stated
8480.79.10.00Molds for shoe machinery + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8480.79.90Other + Ch. 993.1%
8480.79.90.10Blow molds + Ch. 993.1% (inherited from 8480.79.90)No.
8480.79.90.20Bladder operated molds + Ch. 993.1% (inherited from 8480.79.90)No.
8480.79.90.90Other molds + Ch. 993.1% (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.