8442.50.10.00
Plates
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: Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)
Data provenance: Rates from HTS Revision 16 (Aug 15, 2026); trade measures verified against CBP CSMS and Federal Register notices through Aug 15, 2026.
Duty rates
Column 1 (General / MFN)
Free
Column 2 (Non-NTR)
25%
The rates above are statutory column rates. Trade remedies in Chapter 99 (Section 301, 232, IEEPA, reciprocal) and FTA preferences can change the duty owed on a given entry — see below.
Trade measures (Chapter 99)
9903.90.08
35%
ActiveArticles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(b) to this subchapter
Applies to origin: RU, BY
Effective from April 5, 2025
Antidumping & countervailing (AD/CVD)
3 active AD/CVD orders may apply to this code. Applicability is set by the written scope of each order, not the HTS number alone.
A-570-156
AD · JP, CN
all-others deposit
Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates
Applicability is determined by the written scope of the order, not the HTS code alone. An order linked to this code may or may not cover a specific product.
Order details →A-588-881
AD · JP, CN
all-others deposit
Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates
Applicability is determined by the written scope of the order, not the HTS code alone. An order linked to this code may or may not cover a specific product.
Order details →C-570-157
CVD · JP, CN
all-others deposit
Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates
Applicability is determined by the written scope of the order, not the HTS code alone. An order linked to this code may or may not cover a specific product.
Order details →Rate-change history
What the rate was before, and when it changed. The government schedule replaces each revision in place; we keep the timeline.
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NEW_PROGRAM Executive Order Feb 1, 2026 — Reciprocal Tariff (FR 2026-03824)
Section 122 reciprocal surcharge in effect — additional 10% on most imports through July 24, 2026
See the change → -
Base rate HTS 2023
Column 1 general rate set to Free.
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Other codes in heading 8442
Duty by origin country
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