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HTS 8448Chapter 84

HTS 8448Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, dobbies, Jacquards, automatic stop motions and shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-frames, hosiery needles): Duty Rate & Import Guide

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Duty Rates

General

Free

Special

Free

Column 2

Free

Trade Agreement Eligibility

CUSMAKORUS

Trade Intelligence

Monthly Imports

$10.6M

2026-01

Trade Concentration

100%

from top 3 of 1 origins

Regulatory Pressure

HIGH

0 rulings — · 0 reg · 8 CIT, 2 CAFC

Global Rates

🇺🇸 Free

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

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

Regulatory Pressure

This code has elevated regulatory activity — 0 CBP rulings (0 in last 2 years, trend: stable), 0 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.

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 (28)

CodeDescriptionRate
8448.11.00.00Dobbies and Jacquards; card reducing, copying, punching or assembling machines for use therewithFree
8448.19.00.00OtherFree
8448.20Parts and accessories of machines of heading 8444 or of their auxiliary machinery:
8448.20.10.00Of machines for extruding or drawing man-made textile filaments3.7%
8448.20.50Other3.3%
8448.20.50.10Of texturing machines
8448.20.50.90Other
8448.31.00.00Card clothing3.3%
8448.32.00Of machines for preparing textile fibers, other than card clothingFree
8448.32.00.10Of cotton gins
8448.32.00.90Other
8448.33.00.00Spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings and ring travellers3.3%
8448.39Other:
8448.39.10.00Parts of spinning, doubling or twisting machinesFree
8448.39.50.00Parts of winding or reeling machines3.7%
8448.39.90.00OtherFree
8448.42.00.00Reeds for looms, healds and heald-frames3.7%
8448.49Other:
8448.49.10.00Shuttles3.7%
8448.49.20.00OtherFree
8448.51Sinkers, needles and other articles used in forming stitches:
8448.51.10.00Latch needlesFree
8448.51.20.00Spring-beard needlesFree
8448.51.30.00OtherFree
8448.51.50.00OtherFree
8448.59Other:
8448.59.10.00Parts of knitting machinesFree
8448.59.50.00OtherFree

Court of International Trade & Federal Circuit (10)

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Matching Export Code (Schedule B)

8448110000Schedule B

DOBBIES AND JACQUARD; CARD REDUCING, COPYING, PUNCHING OR ASSEMBLING MACHINES FOR USE AS AUXILIARY MACHINES OF HEADING 8444, 8445, 8446 OR 8447

Census Bureau export classification matching this HTS import code.

8431.49.90.848448.11.00.00