HTS 8443: 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
Heading 8443 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States has 43 ten-digit statistical numbers. A US entry line in ACE needs the full ten digits, with the quantity in No..
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- If the goods are made in China, check Section 301 duties under HTSUS heading 9903.88, on top of the general rate, and any exclusions.
| HTSUS number | Description | Unit | General rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442: | |||
| 8443.11 | Offset printing machinery, reel-fed: | ||
| 8443.11.10.00 | Double-width newspaper printing presses | No. | 3.3% |
| 8443.11.50.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.12.00.00 | Offset 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) | No. | Free |
| 8443.13.00.00 | Other offset printing machinery | No. | Free |
| 8443.14.00.00 | Letterpress printing machinery, reel fed, excluding flexographic printing | No. | 2.2% |
| 8443.15.00.00 | Letterpress printing machinery, other than reel fed, excluding flexographic printing | No. | Free |
| 8443.16.00.00 | Flexographic printing machinery | No. | 2.2% |
| 8443.17.00.00 | Gravure printing machinery | No. | 2.2% |
| 8443.19 | Other: | ||
| 8443.19.20.00 | Textile printing machinery | No. | 2.6% |
| 8443.19.30.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined: | |||
| 8443.31.00.00 | Machines 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 network | No. | Free |
| 8443.32 | Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network: | ||
| 8443.32.10 | Printer units | Free | |
| Laser: | |||
| 8443.32.10.10 | Capable of producing more than 20 pages per minute | No. | |
| 8443.32.10.20 | Other | No. | |
| 8443.32.10.30 | Light bar electronic type | No. | |
| 8443.32.10.40 | Ink jet | No. | |
| 8443.32.10.50 | Thermal transfer | No. | |
| 8443.32.10.60 | Ionographic | No. | |
| 8443.32.10.70 | Daisy wheel | No. | |
| 8443.32.10.80 | Dot matrix | No. | |
| 8443.32.10.90 | Other | No. | |
| 8443.32.50.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.39 | Other: | ||
| Copying machines: | |||
| Electrostatic photocopying apparatus: | |||
| 8443.39.10.00 | Operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process) | No. | Free |
| 8443.39.20.00 | Operating by reproducing the original image via an intermediate onto the copy (indirect process) | No. | Free |
| Other photocopying apparatus: | |||
| 8443.39.30.00 | Incorporating an optical system | No. | Free |
| 8443.39.40.00 | Of the contact type | No. | Free |
| 8443.39.50.00 | Thermocopying apparatus | No. | Free |
| 8443.39.60.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.39.90.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| Parts and accessories: | |||
| 8443.91 | Parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442: | ||
| 8443.91.10.00 | Machines for uses ancillary to printing | No. | Free |
| 8443.91.20.00 | Parts for textile printing machinery | No. | Free |
| 8443.91.30.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.99 | Other: | ||
| 8443.99.10.00 | Accessory and auxiliary machines which are intended for attachment to an electrostatic photocopier and which do not operate independently of such photocopier | No. | Free |
| Parts and accessories of printers: | |||
| 8443.99.20 | Parts of printer units of subheading 8443.32.10 specified in additional U.S. note 2 to this chapter | Free | |
| 8443.99.20.10 | Ink cartridges | No. | |
| 8443.99.20.50 | Other | No. | |
| 8443.99.25 | Other | Free | |
| 8443.99.25.10 | Ink cartridges | No. | |
| 8443.99.25.50 | Other | No. | |
| Parts and accessories of facsimile machines: | |||
| 8443.99.30.00 | Parts of facsimile machines specified in additional U.S. note 3 to this chapter | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.35.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| Parts and accessories of copying machines: | |||
| 8443.99.40.00 | Parts of photocopying apparatus of subheading 8443.39.20 specified in additional U.S. note 4 to this chapter | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.45.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8443.99.50 | Other | Free | |
| For the goods of subheading 8443.31: | |||
| 8443.99.50.11 | Ink cartridges | No. | |
| 8443.99.50.15 | Other | No. | |
| 8443.99.50.50 | Other | No. |
Common paperwork mistakes with heading 8443
- The invoice shows the exporter's own code. Only the first six digits are shared worldwide; the US number has ten. Check every line against the list above.
- The quantity is in the wrong unit. These lines report quantity in No., which may not match the invoice's cartons, sets or pieces.
- The packing list and the bill of lading disagree on cartons or gross weight, which can lead to holds and exams.
- The manufacturer's name and address are missing, so the MID cannot be built from the documents.
Look up any ten-digit number, or read the guide to invoice and packing list mismatches.
Check the whole shipment, not one number
FreightProof reads the invoice, packing list and bill of lading together, validates every HTS number and container, builds the MIDs and flags what does not match — in about two minutes.
Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, US International Trade Commission. Rates are for information only.