# HTS 8442: Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465), for preparing or making plates, cylinders or other printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished); 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:** 8442

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*Source: U.S. International Trade Commission Harmonized Tariff Schedule. HTML canonical: https://plaintariff.com/heading/8442-machinery-apparatus-and-equipment-other-than-the-machines*