Pitney Bowes Connect+ 500 Postage Meter from China

The Pitney Bowes Connect+ 500 is a digital postage-franking machine designed for high-volume mailing operations, featuring automated weighing, rate calculation, and postage printing on envelopes or labels. It incorporates a built-in calculating device for precise postage computation based on weight, destination, and service class. Classified under HTS 8470.90.0110 as a postage-franking machine due to its primary function of imprinting postage with integrated accounting capabilities.

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
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 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(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)

Import Tips

Verify the machine includes a calculating function for postage rates to qualify under 8470.90.0110; pure printing devices may shift to 8443

Provide FDA or postal service certifications if required for mailing equipment, and include user manuals for customs inspection