HTS codes
HS code for machinery: chapter 84 and how duties stack
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Pick a machine line, an origin and a value: the ordinary rate is usually low, and the additional layers decide the cost.
What will this machine cost to import?
Landed cost
$14,047
8479.50.00.00: duties $4,000, 40% of value, $14 per unit before rounding
| Ordinary duty (2.5%) Column 1 General | $250 |
| Section 301, 60 economies (12.5%) Heading 9903.05.31 | $1,250 |
| Section 301 on China, List 1 (25%) U.S. note 20. USTR exclusions are not applied here | $2,500 |
| Merchandise processing fee 0.3464% of value, min $34.58, max $670.86 | $35 |
| Harbor maintenance fee 0.125% of value, ocean cargo at covered ports | $13 |
USTR exclusions under headings 9903.88.69 and .70 run through November 9, 2026, and are not applied here. If yours covers your goods, this list duty does not apply until that date.
Rates of 2026 HTS Revision 22, read on 2026-11-02. Antidumping and countervailing duties, state taxes and USTR exclusions are not included. Estimate, not a customs ruling. Everything you enter stays in this browser: nothing is sent or stored.
Chapter 84 of the US tariff holds much of its machinery, with 824 lines in 2026 HTS Revision 22, and 498 of those show a free general rate. Here a general rate of zero can sit next to +25%: industrial robots on line 8479.50 are 2.5% and List 1: +25% for Chinese goods. Metal content adds a further check. A number of machines appear on the Section 232 derivative lists in U.S. note 16, and the action reaches those outside the metal chapters only if the applicable metal is at least 15 percent of the article’s weight. Goods under it are outside the 60-economy duty. The tool leaves that choice to you because it depends on your bill of materials. A Section 232 proclamation of November 2, 2026 on robotics opened talks and set no tariff in the text we read.
Machinery: the same goods from other countries
| Origin | Duty | Share of value | Layers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Any other country | $250 | 2.5% | Ordinary duty |
| European Union | $1,000 | 10% | Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies |
| Taiwan | $1,000 | 10% | Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies |
| Mexico | $1,250 | 12.5% | Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies |
| India | $1,250 | 12.5% | Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies |
| United Kingdom | $1,250 | 12.5% | Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies |
| Japan | $1,250 | 12.5% | Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies |
| South Korea | $1,250 | 12.5% | Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies |
| Canada | $1,250 | 12.5% | Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies |
| Vietnam | $1,500 | 15% | Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies |
| Thailand | $1,500 | 15% | Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies |
| China | $4,000 | 40% | Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies + Section 301 on China, List 1 |
| Brazil | $4,000 | 40% | Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies + Section 301, Brazil |
Without a trade agreement claim or USTR exclusion, and before fees. Everything you enter stays in this browser: nothing is sent or stored.
Rates read by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · Method and sources
A typical stack, in numbers
Take $100,000 of electric hand tools on 8467.29 from China, a general rate of Free. The calculator gives $20,000 (20%) without the metals program. From Germany, as part of the European Union, it gives $10,000 (10%). Because the line also appears in metals group B, selecting that program replaces the country duty with the metals duty.
Machinery from a free trade partner
An agreement can reduce the ordinary rate, but that rate is usually already low here. The Section 301 country duty remains on agreement goods unless note 52 says otherwise, and Section 232 applies anyway. Read the Section 232 page before you commit to a price.
Machinery lines people search
| HTS code | Line | General | China, Section 301 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8414.30.80 | Compressors of a kind used in refrigerating equipment (including air conditioning): Other | Free | List 1: +25% |
| 8421.21.00.00 | Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids: For filtering or purifying water | Free | List 1: +25% |
| 8467.29.00 | With self-contained electric motor: Other | Free | List 4A: +7.5% |
| 8479.50.00.00 | Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; par | 2.5% | List 1: +25% |
| 8479.82.00 | Other machines and mechanical appliances: Mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screening, sifting, homogenizing, emulsi | Free | List 1: +25% |
| 8481.80.90 | Other appliances: Other | 2% | List 3: +25% |