HTS 8442 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
Base rates and the additional US duties for imports from the main origins on entry date 2026-10-09, from the HTS Calculator duty engine.
Base rate (column 1 general)
Free
Additional duty, main origins
0–60%
Statistical lines
5
Entry date shown
2026-10-09 (dataset 1.0.0)
Additional duties for the main origins
Additional duties on 2026-10-09
Origin
Additional duty
Measures
China
20–37.5%
Section 301
Mexico
0–10%
Section 301
Canada
0–60%
Section 301, Other Chapter 99
Vietnam
12.5%
Section 301
Germany
10%
Section 301
Range of the Chapter 99 duties (percent of customs value) across the lines of this heading. A range means the result differs between lines or depends on facts about the goods; an asterisk marks lines whose duty also depends on a specific (per unit) base rate. Other origins (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, United Kingdom and any other country): in the calculator and the API.
Chapter 99 headings on these lines
9903.03.14 Other Chapter 99
9903.05.29 Section 301
9903.05.31 Section 301
9903.05.39 Section 301
9903.05.55 Section 301
9903.05.84 Section 301
9903.05.93 Section 301
9903.05.94 Section 301
9903.88.01 Section 301
9903.88.03 Section 301
9903.88.15 Section 301
Every line, every origin, with citations
This page sums heading 8442 up. The duty for one line, origin and date comes from the duty engine:
Base rate plus each Chapter 99 line, in percent and in dollars
Citations to the Federal Register, CBP and the USITC, with the quoted text
The lines considered and not applied, and why
Any origin, any entry date from 2025-01-01 to 2026-10-09
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Lines in this heading
The 5 statistical lines of heading 8442
Each code opens the free calculator for that line on 2026-10-09: base rate, every Chapter 99 line with its citations, and the duty in dollars.
8442.30.01.10Machinery, apparatus and equipment › Phototypesetting and composing machines
8442.30.01.50Machinery, apparatus and equipment › Other machinery, apparatus and equipment
8442.40.00.00Parts of the foregoing machinery, apparatus or equipment
8442.50.10.00Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for…
8442.50.90.00Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for…
Recent changes
Between 2025-10-09 and 2026-10-09: the Chapter 99 headings applied changed for all 5 main origins. Dated changes, with their sources: the change list and the Tariff Change Feed.
Scope
We do not classify goods. These pages show reference rates for HTS codes. Choosing the code for an entry is the importer's responsibility, and entries are filed by the importer of record or a licensed customs broker. Duties shown are calculations from public sources, not legal advice.