US imports of Machinery for working rubber or plastics

US imports under HTS 8477 at a glance

Between March and July 2026, US importers entered $1.28 billion of machinery for working rubber or plastics under HTS heading 8477, from 46 of the 55 origin countries covered here and across 27 ten-digit tariff lines — roughly $256 million a month of customs value under a single four-digit heading.

Heading 8477 sits in chapter 84, machinery, mechanical appliances and computers, so anything classified here shares a duty structure with the rest of that chapter.

Who exports machinery for working rubber or plastics to the United States

Germany is the largest origin with $377 million, or 29.4% of the heading, with Canada at 12.5% and Austria at 12.3%. The top three take 54.3% between them — enough concentration to matter when one origin's duty treatment changes, but not so much that a buyer has no alternative to qualify.

Canada sits near the top of the table, and the duty numbers reflect it: Canada entered 69.6% of its value free of duty. Cargo that qualifies under USMCA and is claimed correctly at entry pays nothing; cargo that does not qualify, or that is never claimed, pays the ordinary rate. The certification is the whole difference.

What importers actually paid in duty

Almost everything under this heading is dutiable: 90.1% of entered value carried duty, and CBP collected $154 million over the five months. The effective rate on dutiable value was 13.3%, which works out to $12.01 of duty per $100 of goods. There is no meaningful duty-free channel here — classification and origin are the only levers.

The spread between origins is real. Among origins with at least 2% of the heading, China paid the most duty relative to value — $36.67 per $100 — while Canada paid $4.69. On a $250,000 purchase order that gap is about $80,000 in duty alone, which is worth pricing into a sourcing decision rather than discovering on the entry summary.

The 10-digit lines under heading 8477

27 ten-digit lines carried trade under this heading in the period. The largest, 8477.80.01.00 (other machinery), took 19.8% of the heading at $254 million. 8477.90.86.95, 8477.10.90.60 and 8477.90.86.01 follow. Rates diverge between those lines, so the classification your broker files is worth checking against the goods rather than carried over from the last entry.

What the duty stack looks like

The rate on an entry is not one number. It is a stack: the general (column 1) rate for the 10-digit line, less any trade-agreement preference the goods qualify for, plus whatever additional duties apply to that product and origin, all applied to the customs value declared. The $12.01 per $100 above is what that stack averaged across every entry in this heading — a benchmark, not a quote.

For the origins carrying the most volume, the per-country breakdowns go a level deeper: Germany (8477.90.86), Austria (8477.10.90) and Italy (8477.80.01). To price a specific shipment, put your 10-digit code and country of origin into the tariff simulator.

What this means for your next shipment

Classify first, confirm origin second, quote freight third. A heading like 8477 rewards that order, because the duty differences between lines and between origins are usually larger than the freight differences on the same lane. Airlift USA handles the freight and coordinates classification and entry through our licensed broker network.

For the operational side rather than the tariff side, see the Heavy Machinery & Industrial Equipment guide for how this cargo moves, the Italy to USA lane for transit times and ports and the heading index to compare against the rest of chapter 84.