Industrial Machinery Machinery import compliance
Know what each machine owes at entry.
A pump and a pump part can sit under different tariffs. GingerOS keeps the code, the reason and every Chapter 99 line on each machine and part, for every plant.
GingerOS- HTS
8413.70.2004- Origin
- China
- Imported by
- Pump plant, US
- Entry
- 10/06/2026
Duty stackTotal duty37.5%
- Base duty (MFN)
Free - Section 301, List 1
9903.88.0125% - Section 301, forced labor
9903.05.3112.5% - Section 232, metals8413.70 is on no Section 232 list
Not applied
Plus MPF 0.3464%, and HMF 0.125% by ocean
Why A pump shipped without its wet end is still a pump (CBP ruling N356203), so it is 8413.70, off the Section 232 lists. From China that means List 1 plus the 12.5% forced-labor line.
A GingerOS part record with demo data for industrial machinery: Submersible centrifugal pump assembly, HTS 8413.70.2004, from China. Each duty layer is listed with its rate or exemption, for a total duty of 37.5%.
What tariffs apply to imported machinery now?
It depends on the line: Section 232 for listed machines and parts, the forced-labor 301 for most of the rest.
Most machinery carries a low or free base rate, so the cost sits in the layers above it. Machines and parts on the Section 232 lists pay on full value since April 6, 2026, at 25%, or a combined 15% for Annex III equipment through 2027. Machinery off those lists pays the forced-labor Section 301 since July 24, 2026: 12.5% on top for China, a combined 12.5% for Japan and Korea, and a combined 10% for the EU and Taiwan. Chinese machinery also keeps its China-list duty.
Recent Policy UpdatesNotices that touch machinery and parts
- Presidential ProclamationProclamation 11021Listed machinery pays 232 on full value; Annex III equipment held to 15% combined
Listed pumps and parts pay 25%, while machining centers, conveyors and large transformers pay a combined 15% through 2027.
Ch. 84, 85 lines on the note 16 listsRead the explainer - Presidential ProclamationProclamation 11032Forklifts and dozers get a 25% Annex I-C tier with 15% partner caps
Mobile equipment pays 25%, a combined 15% for 11 listed partners, and USMCA goods pay 25% on non-U.S. content.
8427.10, 8427.20, 8429.19, 8429.20 - Federal Register Notice91 FR 47318Machinery outside Section 232 now pays the 10% or 12.5% forced-labor 301
China adds 12.5% on top of its list duty; Japan and Korea top up to 12.5%, the EU and Taiwan to 10%.
Ch. 84, 85; 9903.05.20 to 9903.05.84Read the explainer - Federal Register Notice90 FR 55232178 China Section 301 exclusions extended to November 9, 2026, then expire
Pump casings and bodies, some 8483 parts and wafer equipment lose their exclusion after 11:59 p.m. on November 9.
9903.88.69, 9903.88.70Read the explainer
A Compliance Radar feed of 4 recent policy updates that touch industrial machinery, each with its source, reference and effective date.
Is this a pump or a pump part?
A complete pump in 8413.70 is off the 232 lists; the same unit as a part in 8413.91 can pay 25% Section 232.
Cast-iron submersible pump assembly with casing, impeller and motor, imported without its wet end for our U.S. plant.
Ginger asksAs imported, are the casing, impeller and driver all there, with only the wet-end liner and seals missing?
Yes. Only the wet-end liner and seals are fitted here.
8413.70.2004HTS rate Free
Other centrifugal pumps: submersible pumps
No Section 232; from China, List 1 25% and forced-labor 301 12.5%
8413.91.90HTS rate Free
Parts of pumps: other
Possible Section 232 at 25% on full value; the forced-labor 301 then drops off
Deciding rule GRI 2(a) classifies an incomplete article with the essential character of the complete one as complete; CBP ruling N356203 (December 15, 2025) put pump assemblies without their wet end in 8413.70.2004.
A Classification Researcher conversation with demo data. Ginger asks: As imported, are the casing, impeller and driver all there, with only the wet-end liner and seals missing? From the answer it picks HTS 8413.70.2004 over 8413.91.90.
What does this mean for your equipment team?
How a machine ships and which list its line is on decide the tariff, so each change opens a recheck.
GingerOSWhich of our machines and parts sit on a Section 232 list, and what changes when the China exclusions end?
Open rechecks3
8413.70.2004Pump plant, USNow shipped without its wet endConfirm it is still a complete pump under GRI 2(a)Runs in Classification ResearcherReview8413.91.90Pump plant, USChina 301 exclusion ends November 9Recalculate tariffs from November 10Runs in Compliance RadarRunning8457.10.00Machining plant, USJapan and Germany quotes for the new lineCompare landed cost by originRuns in Parts LibraryNeeds answerA GingerOS window with demo data. Someone asks: "Which of our machines and parts sit on a Section 232 list, and what changes when the China exclusions end?" It lists 3 open rechecks, each with the part, HTS code, trigger, tool and status.
Questions about machinery compliance
Does Section 232 apply to an imported centrifugal pump?
Not as a complete pump. Centrifugal pumps in 8413.70 are not on the Section 232 steel or aluminum lists in HTS 2026 Revision 20 (U.S. note 16(c)), and they were not among the codes BIS added in August 2025. Other pumps in 8413.81 and certain pump parts in 8413.91.90 are listed, so the classification decides the exposure.
What does a China-origin centrifugal pump pay in October 2026?
Typically 37.5% in added duty plus fees. The 8413.70.20 base rate is Free, Section 301 List 1 adds 25% (9903.88.01), and the forced-labor Section 301 duty adds 12.5% for China (9903.05.31), which applies because the pump is not a Section 232 article (91 FR 47318). MPF of 0.3464% and, for ocean freight, HMF of 0.125% apply on top.
Is a pump shipped without its wet end a pump or a pump part?
CBP treats it as a pump when it has the essential character of the complete pump. In ruling N356203 (December 15, 2025), cast-iron submersible pump assemblies imported without their wet end were classified in 8413.70.2004 under GRI 2(a), not as parts in 8413.91. That call also decides whether Section 232 or the forced-labor Section 301 duty attaches.
Which industrial machines get the 15% Section 232 rate?
Products in Annex III of Proclamation 11021, the agricultural and fixed industrial equipment list, such as machining centers (8457.10), certain conveyors (8428.33) and very large transformers (8504.23), pay a combined 15% of Column 1 duty plus Section 232 through December 31, 2027, then move to the Annex I-B rate (Proclamation 11021, clauses 5 and 7; heading 9903.82.10).
What rate applies to forklifts, bulldozers and other mobile equipment?
Annex I-C mobile industrial equipment, including the forklift and work-truck lines in 8427 and certain bulldozer and grader lines in 8429.19 and 8429.20, pays 25% through December 31, 2027. Products of Japan, Korea, the EU, the UK, Taiwan, Switzerland and five other listed partners pay a combined 15%, and USMCA goods pay 25% on non-U.S. content with a 15% floor (Proclamation 11032, clause 2).
Do the China Section 301 exclusions for machinery still apply?
Yes, until 11:59 p.m. eastern time on November 9, 2026. USTR extended the 178 remaining China Section 301 exclusions, which include pump casings and bodies in 8413.91.90, under the November 2025 U.S.-China arrangement (90 FR 55232; heading 9903.88.69). Entries after that pay the listed Section 301 rate unless USTR extends them again.
Can Section 232 duty on imported equipment be recovered through drawback?
Only through manufacturing drawback on Annex I-B and Annex III articles from the UK, EU, Japan, Korea, Mexico or Canada whose metal was melted or smelted in those partners and that are not of a type subject to an antidumping or countervailing duty order (Proclamation 11021, clause 13). Either way, a claim rests on matched import, production and export records.
How is Section 232 metal reported on a machinery entry now?
Under one series: headings 9903.82.02 through 9903.82.26 now cover steel, aluminum and copper articles and derivatives, are mutually exclusive, and apply to full customs value (U.S. note 16(a) and (c)). Melt-and-pour and smelt-and-cast country reporting still decides which heading and rate apply; your licensed broker files the entry.
