For making paper pulp, paper or paperboard
Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 8514), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporizing, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, nonelectric; parts thereof: > Other machinery, plant or equipment: > Other: > For making paper pulp, paper or paperboard
Duty Rate (from China)
Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Except as provided in headings 9903.88.12, 9903.88.17, 9903.88.20, 9903.88.54, 9903.88.59, 9903.88.61, 9903.88.63, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, 9903.88.69, or 9903.88.70, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(c) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(d)
Products classified under HTS 8419.89.10.00
Paper Pulp Digester
A large pressure vessel used to cook wood chips with chemicals and steam at high temperatures to break down lignin and produce paper pulp. It falls under HTS 8419.89.1000 as machinery for the thermal treatment process in making paper pulp. The cooking process involves heating and steaming to soften fibers.
Kraft Pulp Cooking Kettle
A steam-heated cooking kettle for the kraft process, digesting wood chips in white liquor to produce chemical pulp for paper. Classified in HTS 8419.89.1000 for its role in high-temperature digestion specific to paper pulp making. Involves steaming and chemical heating to delignify fibers.
Batch Pulp Defibrator Steamer
Equipment that steams wood chips in batches to soften them before mechanical defibrillation in pulp production. HTS 8419.89.1000 applies due to the steaming process involving temperature change for paper pulp preparation. Prepares fibers for paperboard manufacturing.
Paper Pulp Bleach Tower Heater
A vertical tower heater that maintains elevated temperatures during chemical bleaching of pulp to achieve brightness for paper. Falls under HTS 8419.89.1000 for thermal processing in paper pulp production. Controls temperature for optimal delignification and whitening.
Continuous Pulp Digester Cooker
Industrial cooker for continuous flow digestion of wood chips into pulp using steam and cooking liquors at controlled temperatures. HTS 8419.89.1000 covers this thermal change machinery dedicated to paper pulp. Enables high-volume paperboard production.
Pulp Washing Steam Conditioner
Steams and heats pulp slurry during washing stages to remove residual cooking chemicals before paper forming. Classified under HTS 8419.89.1000 for temperature-based treatment in pulp making. Optimizes pulp cleanliness for quality paper.
Paperboard Dryer Cylinder
Large steam-heated rotating cylinder that dries wet paperboard webs by direct contact heating in paper machines. HTS 8419.89.1000 includes this drying equipment for paper/paperboard production. Essential for moisture removal via temperature change.
Pulp Evaporator Condenser
Condenses vapors from black liquor evaporation in pulp mills, recovering heat for paper pulp processing cycles. Falls under HTS 8419.89.1000 for cooling/condensing in paper pulp production. Integral to energy-efficient pulp making.
Soda Pulp Recovery Boiler
Boiler that burns spent pulping liquors from soda process, generating steam and recovering chemicals for paper pulp making. HTS 8419.89.1000 covers thermal equipment for paper pulp thermal recovery. Provides process heat and chemicals recycling.
Refiner Steam Preheater
Preheats wood chips with steam before mechanical refining into thermomechanical pulp for paper. Classified HTS 8419.89.1000 for heating in pulp production. Softens chips for efficient fiber separation.