Heading 8443
HTS code 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
- Tariff lines
- 43
- General duty
- General duty rates from 2.2% to 3.3%, with 38 duty-free lines
Tariff lines under heading 8443
Full 10-digit codes with their general (MFN) duty rates. The correct line depends on the product's material, construction, and use.
| HTS code | Description | General rate | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8443.11.1000 | Double-width newspaper printing presses (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 > Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 > Offset printing machinery, reel-fed) | 3.3% | No. |
| 8443.11.5000 | Other (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 > Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 > Offset printing machinery, reel-fed) | Free | No. |
| 8443.12.0000 | 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) (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 > Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442) | Free | No. |
| 8443.13.0000 | Other offset printing machinery (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 > Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442) | Free | No. |
| 8443.14.0000 | Letterpress printing machinery, reel fed, excluding flexographic printing (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 > Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442) | 2.2% | No. |
| 8443.15.0000 | Letterpress printing machinery, other than reel fed, excluding flexographic printing (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 > Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442) | Free | No. |
| 8443.16.0000 | Flexographic printing machinery (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 > Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442) | 2.2% | No. |
| 8443.17.0000 | Gravure printing machinery (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 > Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442) | 2.2% | No. |
| 8443.19.2000 | Textile printing machinery (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 > Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 > Other) | 2.6% | No. |
| 8443.19.3000 | Other (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 > Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442 > Other) | Free | No. |
| 8443.31.0000 | 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 (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined) | Free | No. |
| 8443.32.1010 | Capable of producing more than 20 pages per minute (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network > Printer units > Laser) | Free | No. |
| 8443.32.1020 | Other (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network > Printer units > Laser) | Free | No. |
| 8443.32.1030 | Light bar electronic type (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network > Printer units) | Free | No. |
| 8443.32.1040 | Ink jet (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network > Printer units) | Free | No. |
| 8443.32.1050 | Thermal transfer (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network > Printer units) | Free | No. |
| 8443.32.1060 | Ionographic (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network > Printer units) | Free | No. |
| 8443.32.1070 | Daisy wheel (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network > Printer units) | Free | No. |
| 8443.32.1080 | Dot matrix (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network > Printer units) | Free | No. |
| 8443.32.1090 | Other (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network > Printer units) | Free | No. |
| 8443.32.5000 | Other (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network) | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.1000 | Operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process) (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other > Copying machines > Electrostatic photocopying apparatus) | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.2000 | Operating by reproducing the original image via an intermediate onto the copy (indirect process) (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other > Copying machines > Electrostatic photocopying apparatus) | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.3000 | Incorporating an optical system (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other > Copying machines > Other photocopying apparatus) | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.4000 | Of the contact type (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other > Copying machines > Other photocopying apparatus) | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.5000 | Thermocopying apparatus (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other > Copying machines) | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.6000 | Other (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other > Copying machines) | Free | No. |
| 8443.39.9000 | Other (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 > Other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined > Other) | Free | No. |
| 8443.91.1000 | Machines for uses ancillary to printing (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 > Parts and accessories > Parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442) | Free | No. |
| 8443.91.2000 | Parts for textile printing machinery (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 > Parts and accessories > Parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442) | Free | No. |
| 8443.91.3000 | Other (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 > Parts and accessories > Parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442) | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.1000 | Accessory and auxiliary machines which are intended for attachment to an electrostatic photocopier and which do not operate independently of such photocopier (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 > Parts and accessories > Other) | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.2010 | Ink cartridges (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 > Parts and accessories > Other > Parts and accessories of printers > Parts of printer units of subheading 8443.32.10 specified in additional U.S. note 2 to this chapter) | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.2050 | Other (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 > Parts and accessories > Other > Parts and accessories of printers > Parts of printer units of subheading 8443.32.10 specified in additional U.S. note 2 to this chapter) | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.2510 | Ink cartridges (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 > Parts and accessories > Other > Parts and accessories of printers > Other) | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.2550 | Other (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 > Parts and accessories > Other > Parts and accessories of printers > Other) | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.3000 | Parts of facsimile machines specified in additional U.S. note 3 to this chapter (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 > Parts and accessories > Other > Parts and accessories of facsimile machines) | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.3500 | Other (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 > Parts and accessories > Other > Parts and accessories of facsimile machines) | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.4000 | Parts of photocopying apparatus of subheading 8443.39.20 specified in additional U.S. note 4 to this chapter (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 > Parts and accessories > Other > Parts and accessories of copying machines) | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.4500 | Other (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 > Parts and accessories > Other > Parts and accessories of copying machines) | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.5011 | Ink cartridges (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 > Parts and accessories > Other > Other > For the goods of subheading 8443.31) | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.5015 | Other (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 > Parts and accessories > Other > Other > For the goods of subheading 8443.31) | Free | No. |
| 8443.99.5050 | Other (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 > Parts and accessories > Other > Other) | Free | No. |
Documents required to import under 8443
Customs paperwork typically required to import these goods into the United States. Conditional items depend on shipment value, transport mode, or origin.
- Commercial InvoiceRequired
- Packing ListRequired
- Bill of Lading / Airway BillRequired
- CBP Entry Summary (7501)Required
Prepared and filed by your customs broker
- CBP Entry / Release (3461)Required
Prepared and filed by your customs broker
- Customs Bond (CBP 301)Conditional
Required for formal entries — generally shipments valued over $2,500
Single-entry or continuous bond, obtained through your broker or a surety
- Importer Security Filing (ISF "10+2")Conditional
Required for ocean freight only
Filed electronically at least 24 hours before loading at the foreign port
- Importer ID Input Record (CBP 5106)Conditional
Required to establish or update your importer-of-record number with CBP
One-time setup for a new importer; not filed per shipment
- Entry Manifest (CBP 7533)Conditional
Alternative to the 3461 for informal, low-value, or contiguous-country entries
- FCC Declaration (Form 740)Conditional
Required for electronic devices that emit radio frequency
- FDA Radiation Declaration (Form 2877)Conditional
Required for products that emit radiation (X-ray, laser, microwave, etc.)
Common questions
- What is HTS code 8443?
- HTS heading 8443 covers 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. It sits in Chapter 84 (machinery and mechanical appliances) of the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule and contains 43 tariff lines.
- What is the duty rate for HTS 8443?
- General duty rates from 2.2% to 3.3%, with 38 duty-free lines. The general rate applies to most-favoured-nation trading partners; goods from countries with a free trade agreement may qualify for a reduced or duty-free special rate.
- How many digits does a full HTS code have?
- US import entries require the full 10-digit HTS code. Heading 8443 is the first four digits — the remaining six narrow it down to the specific product, which is what determines the duty rate you actually pay.
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