Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465), for preparing or making plates, cylinders or other printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished); parts thereof
HTS heading 8442 · chapter 84 · 1 tariff lines · 1 subheadings
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Tariff lines in heading 8442
| HTS code | Description | General | Special | Col. 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8442.30.01 | Machinery, apparatus and equipment | Free | — | Free |
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Heading 8442 covers machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465), for preparing or making plates, cylinders or other printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished); parts thereof. It splits into 1 six-digit subheadings and 1 US tariff lines, 1 of which are duty-free under the general rate.
Headings are the four-digit level of the Harmonized System — the layer that is identical across all 160-plus countries that use it. The six-digit subheading is also international; the last two digits of each code here are US-specific and do not carry across to another country's tariff.