Benchtop Checkweigher from Japan
Compact scale for verifying package weights in production lines, ensuring compliance with fill standards. Classified in HTS 8423.89.90.00 as weight-operated checking machinery for manufacturing quality control.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Declare as 'weight-operated checking machine' to distinguish from simple scales
• Provide OEM specs showing it's not for retail but industrial counting/checking
• Avoid misdeclaration as parts; import fully assembled to prevent reclassification