8443.19.30.00/Offset Lithographic Printing Press/China

Offset Lithographic Printing Press from China

A high-speed offset printing press that uses plates mounted on cylinders to transfer ink onto paper via a blanket cylinder, ideal for commercial printing of books and brochures. It falls under HTS 8443.19.3000 as printing machinery using plates and cylinders from heading 8442, classified as 'other' offset types not specifically reel-fed. Primarily used in mid-volume print shops for quality color reproductions.

Duty Rate — China → United States

35%

Rate breakdown

9903.03.0110%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
9903.88.0125%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.05, 9903.88.06, 9903.88.07, 9903.88.08, 9903.88.10, 9903.88.11, 9903.88.14, 9903.88.19, 9903.88.50, 9903.88.52, 9903.88.58, 9903.88.60, 9903.88.62, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(b) [to this subchapter]
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Offset Lithographic Printing Press from China — Import Duty Rate | HTS 8443.19.30.00