# HTS 8438: Machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, other than machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils; parts thereof:

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## Duty rates

- **General (MFN) rate:** Free

## Classification path

- **Section XVI:** [Machinery; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof](https://plaintariff.com/section/xvi-machinery-electrical-equipment-parts-thereof)
- **Chapter 84:** [Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof](https://plaintariff.com/chapter/chapter-84-nuclear-reactors-boilers-machinery-and-mechanical-appliances-parts-thereof)
- **HTS code:** 8438

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*Source: U.S. International Trade Commission Harmonized Tariff Schedule. HTML canonical: https://plaintariff.com/heading/8438-machinery-not-specified-or-included-elsewhere-in-this-chapt*