8472.30.00.00—Machines for sorting or folding mail or for inserting mail in envelopes or bands, machines for opening, closing or sealing mail and machines for affixing or canceling postage stampsGeneral
1.8%
Units
No.
Column 2
35%
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Special
Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)
HTS 8472.30.00.00 is the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule classification for Machines for sorting or folding mail or for inserting mail in envelopes or bands, machines for opening, closing or sealing mail and machines for affixing or canceling postage stamps. It's a 10-digit statistical line in Chapter 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof, Section XVI: 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 Articles, used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to determine the duty rate at entry. No Chapter 99 flags or potentially relevant AD/CVD order flags are linked to this code in Tandom's current catalog view.
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Past CBP decisions classifying real products under this HTS code. Useful precedent when classifying a similar product — each ruling shows how CBP interpreted the code for a specific case.
The tariff classification for the Horizon Evolution HD High-Volume Card Personalization System and the NBS-1500 Card Mailing System from Malaysia, Germany, and the U.K.
Protest 3901-04-100844; Automatic Wrapping System
The tariff classification of paper handling/bulk mailing machines from Sweden.
The tariff classification of printed media distribution systems from the Netherlands.
The tariff classification of Top Flat Sorting Machine from France
Source: CBP CROSS (view all rulings on rulings.cbp.gov →)
HTS 8472.30.00.00 is the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule classification for Machines for sorting or folding mail or for inserting mail in envelopes or bands, machines for opening, closing or sealing mail and machines for affixing or canceling postage stamps. It belongs to Chapter 84 of the HTSUS.
The general (Column 1) duty rate for HTS 8472.30.00.00 is 1.8%. This is the most-favored-nation (MFN) rate that applies to imports from World Trade Organization member countries.
The HTS special-rate notation for 8472.30.00.00 is Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG). It can reference programs such as USMCA, KORUS, AGOA, and GSP; a program must be authorized on the entry date, and the shipment must satisfy its rules of origin and documentation requirements before a special rate can be claimed.
The Column 2 rate for HTS 8472.30.00.00 is 35%. This rate applies to imports from countries that do not have normal trade relations with the United States (currently Belarus, Cuba, North Korea, and Russia).
No Chapter 99 flags are linked to HTS 8472.30.00.00 in Tandom's current catalog view. Use the calculator's date, origin, and product inputs to check a specific entry scenario.
Tandom's current catalog view links no potentially relevant AD/CVD order flags to HTS 8472.30.00.00. Check current Commerce scope materials and Federal Register notices before relying on an HTS-only screen.
Programs referenced by the HTS Special-column notation
Special-column notation identifies rate candidates only. The shipment must independently satisfy the program's current authorization, origin, and documentation rules before a special rate can be claimed.
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