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Metal-forming machine tools: statutory & effective tariff rates

Statutory HTS duty rates for 30 metal-forming machine tools tariff lines (MFN 4.4%), from USITC. Effective rate May 2026: 12.36%; monthly history since 2023.

Statutory rates from the schedule

  • Press brakes, stamping presses, punching, bending, and other metal-forming machinery. This family covers HTS headings 8462, 8463: 30 eight-digit rate lines with MFN (column 1, general) rates of 4.4% in the 2026 schedule.
  • Chapter 99 flags on individual lines mark Section 301/232 overlay provisions (e.g. 9903.88.01) that apply on top of the MFN column.

What importers actually paid

  • Latest month on record (2026-05): 12.36% effective on $141.3M of imports, versus 12.63% in the same month a year earlier. The monthly archive holds 41 observations from 2023-01 through 2026-05.
  • In 2025, U.S. imports for consumption in this family totaled $1.7B in customs value and paid $187.0M in calculated duties: an effective tariff rate of 10.7%. The effective rate captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and special-program use that the statutory column cannot.
  • A year earlier the effective rate was 4.34%, so the duty burden rose 6.4 points.
  • Top source countries in 2025: Germany ($331.0M at 9.46%), Italy ($311.3M at 10.84%), Japan ($178.9M at 5.88%), South Korea ($138.3M at 5.03%), Austria ($108.9M at 10.94%).

Representative rate lines

  • 8462.11.00: Closed die forging machines — MFN 4.4%
  • 8462.19.00: Other — MFN 4.4%
  • 8462.22.00: Profile forming machines — MFN 4.4%
  • 8462.23.00: Numerically controlled press brakes — MFN 4.4%
  • 8462.24.00: Numerically controlled panel benders — MFN 4.4%
  • 8462.25.00: Numerically controlled roll forming machines — MFN 4.4%
  • 8462.26.00: Other numerically controlled bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines — MFN 4.4%
  • 8462.29.00: Other — MFN 4.4%

About this data

  • Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling; verify rates with a licensed customs broker before relying on them.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.