Base
HTS 8443Chapter 84

HTS 8443Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442; other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined; parts and accessories thereof: Duty Rate & Import Guide

Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery · 4 pending regulations · 10 court cases · $903.2M monthly imports · 100% from 1 countries · Updated daily from USITC

Duty Rates

General

Free

Special

Free

Column 2

Free

Trade Agreement Eligibility

CUSMAKORUS

Trade Intelligence

Monthly Imports

$903.2M

2026-01

Trade Concentration

100%

from top 3 of 1 origins

Regulatory Pressure

HIGH

0 rulings — · 4 reg · 8 CIT, 2 CAFC

Global Rates

🇺🇸 Free

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: N/A · 🇪🇺 European Union: N/A · 🇨🇦 Canada: N/A · 🇧🇷 Brazil: N/A

Compare All →

Data compiled from USITC HTS, US Census Bureau, Federal Register, CourtListener · As of 2026-04-28 · Updates monthly

Active DisputesRecent court cases or pending regulations affect this code
Regulatory Pressure

This code has elevated regulatory activity — 0 CBP rulings (0 in last 2 years, trend: stable), 4 pending Federal Register actions, and 10 CIT/CAFC cases.

Supply Chain Risk

100% of US imports for this code come from just 1 countries. High origin concentration increases exposure to trade disruptions or tariff escalations.

High-Volume Code

This is a high-volume import code — $903M in monthly US imports. Duty rate changes or trade remedy actions on this code have significant economic impact.

Trade Remedy

Additional Tariffs Apply

Section 301 — China Tariffs+25%

List 1 — ~$34B of Chinese goods (machinery, electronics, industrial components)

Active — 7.5%–25% additional duties on Chinese-origin goods across four tranches (Lists 1–4A), with higher 2024/2025 increases on targeted product categories.

Effective 2018-07-06

These additional tariffs apply on top of the general duty rate. View full trade remedy tracker →

Subheadings (53)

CodeDescriptionRate
8443.11Offset printing machinery, reel-fed:
8443.11.10.00Double-width newspaper printing presses3.3%
8443.11.50.00OtherFree
8443.12.00.00Offset printing machinery, sheet-fed, office type (using sheets with one side not exceeding <il>22 cm</il> and the other side not exceeding <il>36 cm</il> in the unfolded state)Free
8443.13.00.00Other offset printing machineryFree
8443.14.00.00Letterpress printing machinery, reel fed, excluding flexographic printing2.2%
8443.15.00.00Letterpress printing machinery, other than reel fed, excluding flexographic printingFree
8443.16.00.00Flexographic printing machinery2.2%
8443.17.00.00Gravure printing machinery2.2%
8443.19Other:
8443.19.20.00Textile printing machinery2.6%
8443.19.30.00OtherFree
8443.31.00.00Machines which perform two or more of the functions of printing, copying or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a networkFree
8443.32Other, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing machine or to a network:
8443.32.10Printer unitsFree
8443.32.10.10Capable of producing more than 20 pages per minute
8443.32.10.20Other
8443.32.10.30Light bar electronic type
8443.32.10.40Ink jet
8443.32.10.50Thermal transfer
8443.32.10.60Ionographic
8443.32.10.70Daisy wheel
8443.32.10.80Dot matrix
8443.32.10.90Other
8443.32.50.00OtherFree
8443.39Other:
8443.39.10.00Operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process)Free
8443.39.20.00Operating by reproducing the original image via an intermediate onto the copy (indirect process)Free
8443.39.30.00Incorporating an optical systemFree
8443.39.40.00Of the contact typeFree
8443.39.50.00Thermocopying apparatusFree
8443.39.60.00OtherFree
8443.39.90.00OtherFree
8443.91Parts and accessories of printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442:
8443.91.10.00Machines for uses ancillary to printingFree
8443.91.20.00Parts for textile printing machineryFree
8443.91.30.00OtherFree
8443.99Other:
8443.99.10.00Accessory and auxiliary machines which are intended for attachment to an electrostatic photocopier and which do not operate independently of such photocopierFree
8443.99.20Parts of printer units of subheading 8443.32.10 specified in additional U.S. note 2 to this chapterFree
8443.99.20.10Ink cartridges
8443.99.20.50Other
8443.99.25OtherFree
8443.99.25.10Ink cartridges
8443.99.25.50Other
8443.99.30.00Parts of facsimile machines specified in additional U.S. note 3 to this chapterFree
8443.99.35.00OtherFree
8443.99.40.00Parts of photocopying apparatus of subheading 8443.39.20 specified in additional U.S. note 4 to this chapterFree
8443.99.45.00OtherFree
8443.99.50OtherFree
8443.99.50.11Ink cartridges
8443.99.50.15Other
8443.99.50.50Other

Federal Register (4)

Court of International Trade & Federal Circuit (10)

View all 10+ cases on PACER →

Matching Export Code (Schedule B)

8443110000Schedule B

REEL-FED OFFSET PRINTING MACHINERY

Census Bureau export classification matching this HTS import code.

8431.49.90.848443.11