Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens, including incinerators, nonelectric, and parts thereof
4 declarable lines
Heading 8417 covers industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens that are not electrically heated, including incinerators, plus their parts. It splits by the work the furnace does: ore and metal heat treatment, bakery ovens, all other nonelectric furnaces and ovens, and parts. Electrically heated furnaces and ovens are classified in heading 8514 instead.
Products in this heading
- Nonelectric roasting or melting furnace for metal ores
- Foundry melting furnace fired by gas or oil
- Heat treatment oven for steel parts, nonelectric
- Bakery oven, including biscuit ovens, gas fired
- Nonelectric industrial incinerator
- Laboratory muffle furnace, gas fired
- Refractory-lined furnace shell or door sold as a part
- Burner-less kiln-type oven for heat treating metal
How to choose the right subheading
- Whether the furnace or oven is electrically heated or nonelectric
- The work performed: roasting, melting or heat treating ores or metals, baking, or another use
- Whether the article is a complete furnace or oven, or a part of one
- For parts, that the part is solely or principally for a furnace or oven of this heading
Often confused with
- Heading 8514Electrically heated industrial or laboratory furnace or oven
Electric furnaces and ovens are classified in heading 8514, not 8417.
- Heading 8416Furnace burner, mechanical stoker or grate
Burners and stokers are separate from the furnace body in heading 8416.
- Heading 8419Industrial drying or sterilizing equipment using a temperature change
Heading 8419 covers temperature-change machinery other than furnaces and ovens of 8514.
- Heading 8438Dough mixer or bread-slicing machine for a bakery
Food preparation machinery other than the oven itself falls in heading 8438.
- Heading 7321Household gas cooking range or domestic stove
Domestic cooking and heating appliances are classified in chapter 73, not in this industrial heading.
Frequently asked questions
What is the HTS code for an industrial bakery oven?
Bakery ovens, including biscuit ovens, are classified under 8417.20.00.00, with a general (MFN) rate of 3.5%.
What is the duty on a nonelectric metal melting furnace?
Furnaces and ovens for the roasting, melting or other heat treatment of ores, pyrites or metals fall under 8417.10.00.00 and carry a general (MFN) rate of 2.9%.
How do I classify a part for an industrial furnace?
Parts for furnaces and ovens of heading 8417 go under 8417.90.00.00 at a general (MFN) rate of 3.9%. Complete furnaces and ovens not covered by the metal or bakery lines go under 8417.80.00.00, also at 3.9%.
Guide written from the official schedule text. Rates quoted are general (MFN) rates; check the line page for trade agreement rates and the classification of your exact product.