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HTS 8442Machinery, 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

Product or HTS code

Rate lines5

Code	Description	General	Special	Column 2	Units	Calculate
8442.30.01	8442.30.01Machinery, apparatus and equipmentGeneral Free · Column 2 Free	Free		Free
8442.30.01.10	8442.30.01.10Phototypesetting and composing machinesGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · No.	Free		Free	No.
8442.30.01.50	8442.30.01.50Other machinery, apparatus and equipmentGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · No.	Free		Free	No.
8442.40.00.00	8442.40.00.00Parts of the foregoing machinery, apparatus or equipmentGeneral Free · Column 2 Free · No.	Free		Free	No.
8442.50	8442.50Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)
8442.50.10.00	8442.50.10.00PlatesGeneral Free · Column 2 25% · No.	Free		25%	No.
8442.50.90.00	8442.50.90.00OtherGeneral Free · Column 2 60% · No.	Free		60%	No.

2026 HTS Revision 21 (October 9, 2026)

Duty by country of origin

Rate line	Germany26.56% of imports	Switzerland8.84% of imports	Italy8.68% of imports	China8.47% of imports	Netherlands8.33% of imports	Japan8.24% of imports	Canada5.92% of imports	United Kingdom3.59% of imports	Slovakia3.26% of imports	France3.14% of imports
8442.30.01.10Phototypesetting and composing machines	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.74	10%9903.05.39	37.5%9903.05.319903.88.01	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49	10%9903.05.29	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39
8442.30.01.50Other machinery, apparatus and equipment	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.74	10%9903.05.39	37.5%9903.05.319903.88.01	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49	10%9903.05.29	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39
8442.40.00.00Parts of the foregoing machinery, apparatus or equipment	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.74	10%9903.05.39	37.5%9903.05.319903.88.01	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49	10%9903.05.29	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39
8442.50.10.00Plates	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.74	10%9903.05.39	From 37.5%9903.05.319903.88.03AD/CVD may apply	10%9903.05.39	From 12.5%9903.05.49AD/CVD may apply	60%9903.05.299903.03.14	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39
8442.50.90.00Other	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.74	10%9903.05.39	20%9903.05.319903.88.15	10%9903.05.39	12.5%9903.05.49	10%9903.05.29	10%9903.05.81	10%9903.05.39	10%9903.05.39

Total duty on a $10,000 ocean shipment entered 2026-10-13, before customs fees. Origins are the leading sources of US imports under this heading in 2025 (US Census Bureau).