Filter Cigarette Tipping Machine from Mexico
High-speed rotary machine that attaches cellulose acetate filters to cigarette rods using adhesive banding. Final makeup step classified under HTS 8478.10.00.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Specify filter material handling (acetate only, no alternatives)
• Document banding pattern registration accuracy
• Risk of 8479 classification as general assembly