U.S. import tariffs · heading 8443

Heading 8443: Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing…

Every line of heading 8443 in the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, with its general (column 1) duty rate. Open a code for the landed cost calculator, trade agreement rates and email alerts if the rate changes.

Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442; other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined; parts and accessories thereof

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Tariff lines

HTS codeOfficial descriptionGeneral rate
8443.11Offset printing machinery, reel-fed:
8443.11.10.00Double-width newspaper printing presses3.3%
8443.11.50.00OtherFree
8443.12.00.00Offset printing machinery, sheet-fed, office type (using sheets with one side not exceeding 22 cm and the other side not exceeding 36 cm in the unfolded state)Free
8443.13.00.00Other offset printing machineryFree
8443.14.00.00Letterpress printing machinery, reel fed, excluding flexographic printing2.2%
8443.15.00.00Letterpress printing machinery, other than reel fed, excluding flexographic printingFree
8443.16.00.00Flexographic printing machinery2.2%
8443.17.00.00Gravure printing machinery2.2%
8443.19Other:
8443.19.20.00Textile printing machinery2.6%
8443.19.30.00OtherFree
8443.31.00.00Machines which perform two or more of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a networkFree
8443.32Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network:
8443.32.10Printer unitsFree
8443.32.10.10Capable of producing more than 20 pages per minute
8443.32.10.20Other
8443.32.10.30Light bar electronic type
8443.32.10.40Ink jet
8443.32.10.50Thermal transfer
8443.32.10.60Ionographic
8443.32.10.70Daisy wheel
8443.32.10.80Dot matrix
8443.32.10.90Other
8443.32.50.00OtherFree
8443.39Other:
8443.39.10.00Operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process)Free
8443.39.20.00Operating by reproducing the original image via an intermediate onto the copy (indirect process)Free
8443.39.30.00Incorporating an optical systemFree
8443.39.40.00Of the contact typeFree
8443.39.50.00Thermocopying apparatusFree
8443.39.60.00OtherFree
8443.39.90.00OtherFree
8443.91Parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442:
8443.91.10.00Machines for uses ancillary to printingFree
8443.91.20.00Parts for textile printing machineryFree
8443.91.30.00OtherFree
8443.99Other:
8443.99.10.00Accessory and auxiliary machines which are intended for attachment to an electrostatic photocopier and which do not operate independently of such photocopierFree
8443.99.20Parts of printer units of subheading 8443.32.10 specified in additional U.S. note 2 to this chapterFree
8443.99.20.10Ink cartridges
8443.99.20.50Other
8443.99.25OtherFree
8443.99.25.10Ink cartridges
8443.99.25.50Other
8443.99.30.00Parts of facsimile machines specified in additional U.S. note 3 to this chapterFree
8443.99.35.00OtherFree
8443.99.40.00Parts of photocopying apparatus of subheading 8443.39.20 specified in additional U.S. note 4 to this chapterFree
8443.99.45.00OtherFree
8443.99.50OtherFree
8443.99.50.11Ink cartridges
8443.99.50.15Other
8443.99.50.50Other

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Exports are reported with Schedule B numbers. Heading 8443 has 35 of them; the first 12 are below. Schedule B lookup →

  • 8443.11.0000REEL-FED OFFSET PRINTING MACHINERY
  • 8443.12.0000SHEET-FED, OFFICE TYPE (SHEET SIZE NOT EXCEEDING 22X36 CM), OFFSET PRINTING MACHINERY
  • 8443.13.0000OFFSET PRINTING MACHINERY, NESOI
  • 8443.14.0000REEL-FED LETTERPRESS PRINTING MACHINERY (EXCLUDING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING)
  • 8443.15.0000LETTERPRESS PRINTING MACHINERY, EXCEPT REEL-FED (EXCLUDING FLEXOGRAPH
  • 8443.16.0000FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING MACHINERY
  • 8443.17.0000GRAVURE PRINTING MACHINERY
  • 8443.19.2000TEXTILE PRINTING MACHINERY
  • 8443.19.3000PRINTING MACHINERY, USING PRINTING PLATES, CYLINDERS AND OTHER PRINTING COMPONENTS OF HEADING 8442, NESOI
  • 8443.31.0000MACHINES WHICH PERFORM TWO OR MORE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF PRINTING, COPYING OR FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION, CAPABLE OF CONNECTING TO AN ADP MACHINE OR NETWORK
  • 8443.32.1010LASER PRINTERS, CAPABLE OF CONNECTING TO AN AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINE OR NETWORK, PRODUCING MORE THAN 20 PAGES PER MINUTE
  • 8443.32.1020LASER PRINTERS, CAPABLE OF CONNECTING TO AN AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINE OR NETWORK, PRODUCING LESS THAN 20 PAGES PER MINUTE

Source: U.S. International Trade Commission, Harmonized Tariff Schedule; Schedule B: U.S. Census Bureau. Information only, not legal or customs advice; U.S. Customs and Border Protection decides the classification and the duty. Confirm with a licensed customs broker before you ship.

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