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Affordable Lab-Scale Servo Shearing Press from Germany

Benchtop servo press for shearing small metal samples in R&D labs, handling foils to 1/8-inch plates. Classified in HTS 8462.63.8020 for low-value servo-presses performing cold shearing on metal. Provides repeatable cuts for material testing.

Duty Rate — Germany → United States

10%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

Import Tips

• Document lab end-use to differentiate from production equipment if questioned

• Include shear blade specs; pitfall is reclassification as kitchen slicers without proof

• Pre-clear with CBP ruling for hybrid shear/punch models