# 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:

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Source: [2026 HTS Revision 21 (October 9, 2026)](https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=8442). Additional duties by country of origin may apply; estimate a shipment's full duty with the tariff calculator: https://geopax.app/tariffs/calculator

## 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:

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