Chapter 8479 — Customs Tariff Headings
Subheadings
Products classified under Tariff item 84.79
Asphalt Distributor Truck
An asphalt distributor truck is a truck-mounted system with a spray bar that evenly applies liquid bituminous binders or tack coats before asphalt layer placement. It is specialized machinery for road construction and maintenance, ensuring proper adhesion between asphalt layers.
8479.10.00Asphalt Paver
An asphalt paver is a self-propelled machine that receives hot mix asphalt into its hopper, then conveys and spreads it evenly through a screed to form a smooth road surface. It is designed specifically for road construction and maintenance, which are public works activities, and performs a distinct function not covered by more specific headings.
8479.10.00Biltruder Concrete Extrusion Paver
The Biltruder concrete extrusion paver uses screw extrusion technology to place zero-slump concrete in channels and ditches, ensuring precise profiles for infrastructure drainage. It is specialized machinery for public works, offering continuous paving in a single pass.
8479.10.00BOMAG MP 65 Mobile Concrete Paver
The BOMAG MP 65 is a mobile concrete paver designed for high-precision paving of concrete surfaces up to 6.5 meters wide, suitable for parking lots and industrial floors. It integrates spreading, leveling, and finishing functions, making it ideal for public works projects.
8479.10.00Concrete Pump Truck
A concrete pump truck is a vehicle-mounted system that uses a boom and pump to deliver liquid concrete to elevated or hard-to-reach areas on construction sites. It is essential for building and public works projects, such as bridges and high-rise structures, and its function of placing concrete is specific to construction activities.
8479.10.00Dynapac SD 2500 CS Concrete Slipform Paver
The Dynapac SD 2500 CS is a slipform paver specialized for forming curbs, gutters, and barriers in road safety infrastructure. Its automated slipform technology ensures precise concrete finishing, making it a key machine for public works and highway construction.
8479.10.00GOMACO GHP-2800 Concrete Barrier Paver
The GOMACO GHP-2800 is a concrete barrier paver that uses slipform technology to form median walls and barriers for highways. It is designed for continuous, high-volume paving in public works projects, ensuring durable and precise concrete structures.
8479.10.00Laser Screed Concrete Surface Finisher
The Laser Screed is a laser-guided machine that strikes off and levels freshly placed concrete with automatic grade control, ensuring flat and accurate surfaces. It is used in large-scale building and public works projects for efficient concrete finishing.
8479.10.00Pneumatic Road Drill
A pneumatic road drill is a heavy-duty tool powered by compressed air, used to break up concrete, asphalt, and rock during road repairs and infrastructure maintenance. It is a key piece of equipment for public works projects, enabling efficient demolition and surface preparation.
8479.10.00Power Curber 2100 Concrete Slipform Machine
The Power Curber 2100 is a slipform machine optimized for laying sidewalks, curbs, and gutters with adjustable molds for various concrete profiles. It is a specialized tool for public works, enabling efficient and precise concrete placement in urban infrastructure.
8479.10.00Road Roller Compactor
A road roller compactor is a heavy machine with smooth or padfoot drums that compacts soil, asphalt, or gravel to achieve required density in road construction and public works. It is essential for preparing stable foundations and finishing surfaces in infrastructure projects.
8479.10.00Tower Crane
A tower crane is a tall, fixed crane with a rotating jib used to lift heavy materials and equipment to high elevations on construction sites. It is indispensable for multi-story building projects and other public works, providing precise and safe material handling.
8479.10.00Vibratory Plate Compactor
A vibratory plate compactor is a walk-behind or ride-on machine with a vibrating base plate used to compact soil, gravel, or asphalt in confined areas like trenches and foundations. It is a vital tool for building and public works projects, ensuring stable ground conditions.
8479.10.00Wheel Loader
A wheel loader is a heavy-duty machine with a front-mounted bucket used to load materials like soil, gravel, and debris into trucks or other equipment on construction sites. It is a versatile piece of machinery for public works projects, facilitating earthmoving and material handling.
8479.10.00Wirtgen SP 15i Slipform Concrete Paver
The Wirtgen SP 15i is a slipform paver designed for laying concrete slabs in infrastructure projects like highways and airport runways. It spreads, levels, vibrates, and finishes concrete in one continuous pass, making it essential for large-scale public works.
8479.20.00Animal Fat Rendering Kettle
A steam-jacketed kettle designed to cook and separate animal fats such as tallow from beef tissues through heating and straining. This machinery is dedicated to the extraction or preparation of animal fats, which is the specific function covered by tariff item 8479.20.00.
8479.20.00Fish Oil Continuous Centrifuge Extractor
A disc-stack centrifuge that separates fish oil from emulsions in continuous marine oil processing lines. This machinery is specifically designed for the extraction of animal oils derived from fish, which falls under the scope of tariff item 8479.20.00.
8479.20.00Hydraulic Oil Seed Press
A batch hydraulic press that compresses oil-bearing seeds to extract fixed vegetable oils through high-pressure plate squeezing. This machinery is dedicated to the extraction of fixed vegetable oils, which is the specific function covered by tariff item 8479.20.00.
8479.20.00Palm Kernel Oil Press Machine
A specialized screw press for extracting palm kernel oil, a fixed vegetable fat, from crushed palm nut kernels. This machinery is specifically designed for the extraction of fixed vegetable oils, falling under tariff item 8479.20.00.
8479.20.00Screw Press Oil Expeller
A continuous screw press machine that extracts oil from oilseeds like soybeans or sunflower seeds by applying mechanical pressure to crush and squeeze out fixed vegetable oils. This machinery is dedicated to the extraction of fixed vegetable oils, which is the specific function covered by tariff item 8479.20.00.
8479.20.00Soybean Oil Flaking Mill
A roller mill that flakes soybeans to thin sheets for optimal solvent extraction of soybean oil in preparation stages. This machinery is essential for the preparation of fixed vegetable oils, which is the specific function covered by tariff item 8479.20.00.
8479.20.00Vegetable Oil Solvent Extractor
An industrial extractor using hexane solvent to dissolve and recover fixed vegetable oils from prepared oilseed flakes like soybean meal. This machinery is specifically designed for the extraction of fixed vegetable oils, falling under tariff item 8479.20.00.
8479.30.00Automated Wafer Polishing Line
> An automated wafer polishing line integrates sequential wafer loading, lapping, polishing, and cleaning processes into a single system. It is designed for preparing semiconductor wafers by mechanical and chemical-mechanical means, which falls under machinery for treating wood or cork only if the wood or ligneous materials are the primary substrate. However, since the candidate is for semiconductor wafers, it does not fall under this tariff item.
8479.30.00Chemical Mechanical Planarization Tool
> A chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) tool uses a chemical slurry and a mechanical polishing pad to planarize semiconductor wafers. While it is preparatory equipment, it is not machinery for treating wood or cork, so it does not fall under this tariff item.
8479.30.00Crystal Boule Grinder
> A crystal boule grinder shapes semiconductor boules to precise diameters and grinds flats to indicate conductivity type. This equipment is used for semiconductor material preparation, not for treating wood or cork, so it is excluded from this tariff item.
8479.30.00Crystal boule Grinder with Flats
> A crystal boule grinder with flats grinds precise flats on semiconductor boules to indicate crystal orientation and doping type. This is specialized semiconductor processing equipment and does not fall under machinery for treating wood or cork.
8479.30.00Czochralski Crystal Puller
> A Czochralski crystal puller grows monocrystalline silicon boules from molten silicon for semiconductor wafer production. This is semiconductor manufacturing equipment, not machinery for treating wood or cork, so it does not fall under this tariff item.
8479.30.00Double-Sided Wafer Polisher
> A double-sided wafer polisher simultaneously polishes both surfaces of semiconductor wafers to achieve a mirror finish and precise thickness variation. This is semiconductor processing equipment, not machinery for treating wood or cork, so it is excluded from this tariff item.
8479.30.00Float Zone Crystal Grower
> A float zone crystal grower produces high-purity monocrystalline silicon by zone melting, avoiding crucible contamination. This is semiconductor manufacturing equipment, not machinery for treating wood or cork, so it does not fall under this tariff item.
8479.30.00Gallium Arsenide Wafer Slicer
> A gallium arsenide wafer slicer uses specialized saws to slice brittle gallium arsenide wafers from compound semiconductor boules. This is semiconductor processing equipment, not machinery for treating wood or cork, so it is excluded from this tariff item.
8479.30.00Sapphire Wafer Preparation Grinder
> A sapphire wafer preparation grinder grinds synthetic sapphire boules for LED/HB-LED wafer production. This is semiconductor or LED manufacturing equipment, not machinery for treating wood or cork, so it does not fall under this tariff item.
8479.30.00Semiconductor Wafer Lapper
> A semiconductor wafer lapper uses loose abrasives to achieve initial flatness on semiconductor wafers before polishing. This is semiconductor processing equipment, not machinery for treating wood or cork, so it is excluded from this tariff item.
8479.30.00Silicon Ingot Grinder
> A silicon ingot grinder shapes silicon ingots to exact diameters with orientation flats for wafer slicing. This is semiconductor material preparation equipment, not machinery for treating wood or cork, so it does not fall under this tariff item.
8479.30.00SOI Wafer Bond Strength Tester
> An SOI wafer bond strength tester tests bonded wafer strength after preparatory processing. This is testing equipment, not machinery for treating wood or cork, so it does not fall under this tariff item.
8479.30.00Wafer Edge Profiling Machine
> A wafer edge profiling machine profiles wafer edges to prevent chipping and enable handling during fabrication. This is semiconductor processing equipment, not machinery for treating wood or cork, so it is excluded from this tariff item.
8479.30.00Wafer Slicing Diamond Saw
> A wafer slicing diamond saw slices thin wafers from monocrystalline semiconductor boules with minimal kerf loss. This is semiconductor processing equipment, not machinery for treating wood or cork, so it does not fall under this tariff item.
8479.40.00Armored Cable Armoring Machine
Armored cable armoring machines helically wrap steel tape or wires around power cables to provide mechanical protection. This process is a form of cable-making, as it constructs a composite cable structure. The machine is dedicated to this specific function, falling under the tariff item for rope or cable-making machines.
8479.40.00Coaxial Cable Braiding Machine
Coaxial cable braiding machines precisely braid copper wires around coaxial cables for telecommunications. This braiding process is integral to cable manufacturing, creating the shielding layer. The machine is specialized for this cable-making task, aligning with the tariff item.
8479.40.00Double Twister Cable Machine
Double twister cable machines use a double-twist spindle to produce high-tensile cables from synthetic yarns. This twisting action forms the cable structure, making it a cable-making machine. The equipment is dedicated to this purpose, fitting the tariff item.
8479.40.00Maypole Braider for Electrical Cables
Maypole braiders for electrical cables apply fine wire braids over cables for shielding purposes. This braiding is a cable-making operation, as it adds a protective layer to the cable. The machine is specialized for this function, qualifying under the tariff item.
8479.40.00Multiwire Cable Twisting Line
Multiwire cable twisting lines consist of pay-off, twister, and take-up units that twist multiple wires into data cables. This complete line performs the core cable-making function of twisting wires together. The system is designed for this purpose, fitting the tariff item.
8479.40.00Natural Fiber Rope Laying Machine
Natural fiber rope laying machines are heavy-duty equipment that lays sisal, manila, or cotton fibers into ropes. This traditional rope-making process is the machine's sole function. It is classified under the tariff item for rope-making machines.
8479.40.00Rope Twisting Machine
Rope twisting machines twist multiple strands of fiber or wire into a single rope using high-speed rotation and tension control. This dedicated rope-making function is the machine's primary purpose. It falls under the tariff item for rope or cable-making machines.
8479.40.00Steel Wire Rope Lay-Up Machine
Steel wire rope lay-up machines lay up steel wires into multi-strand ropes with precise lay lengths for cranes and elevators. This process is a form of rope-making, as it constructs the final rope structure. The machine is dedicated to this function, qualifying under the tariff item.
8479.40.00Synthetic Fiber Rope Braiding Machine
Synthetic fiber rope braiding machines interweave nylon or polyester fibers into tubular or flat ropes for marine or industrial use. This braiding process creates the rope structure, making it a rope-making machine. The equipment is specialized for this purpose, fitting the tariff item.
8479.40.00Wire Cable Stranding Machine
Wire cable stranding machines strand multiple wires into a helical cable structure for electrical or mechanical applications. This stranding process is a core cable-making operation. The machine is dedicated to this function, falling under the tariff item.
8479.50.00ABB IRB 6700 Industrial Robot
The ABB IRB 6700 is a heavy-payload industrial robot designed for material handling, welding, and machining in automotive and metalworking sectors. It is a reprogrammable, multi-jointed manipulator that performs automated tasks in industrial settings, qualifying under tariff item 8479.50.00 as an industrial robot not elsewhere specified.
8479.50.00Delta Electronics ASDA Robot Arm
The Delta ASDA series includes 4-axis industrial robots for high-speed pick-and-place in packaging and electronics assembly. These reprogrammable manipulators are general-purpose automation equipment, fitting the scope of tariff item 8479.50.00 for industrial robots not elsewhere specified.
8479.50.00Epson SCARA T3 All-in-One Robot
The Epson T3 is an integrated SCARA industrial robot with a controller, used for assembly, screwdriving, and inspection in electronics manufacturing. As a complete reprogrammable robot system not specialized to a single function, it falls under tariff item 8479.50.00 for industrial robots.
8479.50.00FANUC M-20iA Industrial Robot
The FANUC M-20iA is a 6-axis articulated industrial robot for high-speed handling, assembly, and pick-and-place in manufacturing. It is a reprogrammable, general-purpose robot, qualifying under tariff item 8479.50.00 as an industrial robot not elsewhere specified.
8479.50.00KUKA KR QUANTEC Industrial Robot
The KUKA KR QUANTEC series includes versatile 6-axis industrial robots for palletizing, packing, and assembly in logistics and consumer goods manufacturing. These reprogrammable machines are not specialized to a single function, making them suitable for tariff item 8479.50.00.
8479.50.00Mitsubishi RV-FR Series Industrial Robot
The Mitsubishi RV-FR series includes cleanroom robots for precision handling in semiconductor and LCD manufacturing. They are general-purpose industrial robots, not specific to semiconductor production, so they fall under tariff item 8479.50.00 rather than heading 84.86.
8479.50.00Omron TM Series Collaborative Robot
The Omron TM Series collaborative robots have built-in vision for flexible automation in small and medium enterprises. These cobots are reprogrammable, multi-axis industrial robots, fitting tariff item 8479.50.00 despite their collaborative features.
8479.50.00Stäubli TX60L Industrial Robot
The Stäubli TX60L is a cleanroom-compatible 6-axis industrial robot for assembly, handling, and machining in hygienic industries like food and pharma. It is a general-purpose reprogrammable robot, falling under tariff item 8479.50.00.
8479.50.00Universal Robots UR10e Collaborative Robot
The Universal Robots UR10e is a collaborative industrial robot (cobot) for safe human-robot interaction in assembly, machine tending, and inspection. It meets the criteria for an industrial robot under tariff item 8479.50.00, as it is reprogrammable and multi-axis.
8479.50.00Yaskawa Motoman GP12 Industrial Robot
The Yaskawa Motoman GP12 is a compact industrial robot for high-speed picking, packing, and light assembly in electronics and pharmaceutical industries. It is a general-purpose reprogrammable robot, qualifying under tariff item 8479.50.00.
8479.60.00ArctiCool 5-Ton Evaporative Cooling System
> A commercial-grade rooftop evaporative cooling system with a 20,000 CFM capacity, designed for large warehouses. It uses high-pressure pumps and rigid media pads to cool air through water evaporation, making it a dedicated evaporative air cooler.
8479.60.00Hessaire MC37M Portable Evaporative Cooler
> A portable evaporative cooler with 3,100 CFM airflow, a 10.3-gallon reservoir, and rigid cooling media. It cools spaces up to 950 sq ft by evaporating water, fitting the definition of an evaporative air cooler under this tariff item.
8479.60.00Honeywell CO301PM Indoor Portable Evaporative Cooler
> A compact indoor evaporative cooler with an ionizer, three fan speeds, and honeycomb media, designed for rooms up to 175 sq ft. It cools air through evaporation, making it a small-scale evaporative air cooler under this tariff item.
8479.60.00Portacool Cyclone 160 Portable Evaporative Cooler
> A portable evaporative air cooler using a high-efficiency media pad and water evaporation to cool areas up to 1,600 sq ft. It features a 1/3 HP motor and oscillating louvers, clearly functioning as an evaporative air cooler.