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8462

Machine tools (including presses) for working metal by forging, hammering or die forging (excluding rolling mills); machine tools (including presses, slitting lines and cut-to-length lines) for working metal by bending, folding, straightening, flattening, shearing, punching, notching or nibbling (excluding drawbenches); presses for working metal or metal carbides, not specified above:

HTS Code 8462 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 thereofMachine tools (including presses) for working metal by forging, hammering or die forging (excluding rolling mills); machine tools (including presses, slitting lines and cut-to-length lines) for working metal by bending, folding, straightening, flattening, shearing, punching, notching or nibbling (excluding drawbenches); presses for working metal or metal carbides, not specified above: in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule — covering 7 sub-classifications.

Where 8462 Appears in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule

7 sub-codes
  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. 8462Machine tools (including presses) for working metal by forging, hammering or die forging (excluding rolling mills); machine tools (including presses, slitting lines and cut-to-length lines) for working metal by bending, folding, straightening, flattening, shearing, punching, notching or nibbling (excluding drawbenches); presses for working metal or metal carbides, not specified above:

  1. HTS Codes Under 8462

  2. —Hot forming machines for forging, die forging (including presses) and hot hammers:
  3. —Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including press brakes) for flat products:
  4. —Slitting lines, cut-to-length lines and other shearing machines (excluding presses) for flat products, other than combined punching and shearing machines:
  5. —Punching, notching or nibbling machines (excluding presses) for flat products including combined punching and shearing machines:
  6. —Machines for working tube, pipe, hollow section and bar (excluding presses):
  7. —Cold metal working presses:
  8. 8462.90Other:

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Notes

Official USITC notes that may affect classification under HTS 8462.
Chapter 84 Notes (includes Section 16 Notes)Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

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