Pilot Open-Top Prototype Knitting Machine from China
A smaller-scale open-top cylinder circular knitter (>165 mm) for R&D prototyping of new knit structures in fashion tech. Classified under HTS 8447.12.9010 for its open-top design facilitating experimental yarn trials.
Duty Rate — China → United States
20%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3112.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 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(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Declare R&D end-use for potential duty reductions under GSP or scientific instrument provisions
• Include software licenses for patterning systems in import declarations
• Avoid retail classification; emphasize industrial prototype status