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Haas VF-2SS Vertical Machining Center for Wood from Japan

A high-speed CNC machining center designed for precise milling, drilling, and routing operations on hardwoods and engineered wood products. It features a 30-taper spindle and rapid traverse rates ideal for furniture component production. Classified under HTS 8465.20.10.00 as a machining center specifically for sawing, milling, drilling on wood and similar hard materials.

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

• Verify machine specifications confirm primary use for wood or hard plastics to avoid reclassification to general metalworking tools in Chapter 84

• Include detailed technical datasheets and end-use declarations in documentation to prove semiconductor exclusion under statistical notes