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8453.20.00.00

Machinery for making or repairing footwear

HTS Code 8453.20.00.00 covers any article best defined as Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such ArticlesNuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereofMachinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, other than sewing machines; parts thereof:Machinery for making or repairing footwear in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

Other HTS Codes at This Level:

8453.10.00.00Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather8453.80.00.00Other machinery8453.90Parts:

Base Duty Rates for 8453.20.00.00

General Rate of Duty
Free
Special Rate of Duty
—
Column 2 (Non-NTR)
Free
Units of Quantity
No.
Quota Quantity
—
Additional Duties
—

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Where 8453.20.00.00 Appears in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

  1. Section 16Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
  2. Chapter 84Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  3. 8453Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, other than sewing machines; parts thereof:
  4. 8453.20.00.00Machinery for making or repairing footwear

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Notes

Official USITC notes that may affect classification under HTS 8453.20.00.00.
Chapter 84 Notes (includes Section 16 Notes)Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

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