Pitney Bowes DM100i Postage Meter from Japan
The Pitney Bowes DM100i is a desktop postage-franking machine that calculates postage rates, records mailing data, and prints indicia. It fits HTS 8470.90.01 as 'similar machines' incorporating a calculating device for postal accounting.
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
• Include USPS approval documentation; international equivalents need postal authority certification
• Declare exact calculating algorithms for rate computation to avoid reclassification as simple printers