Heading 8423

Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight-operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery

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Heading 8423 covers weighing machinery other than balances sensitive to 5 cg or better, including personal and household scales, conveyor scales, constant-weight and hopper scales, and general industrial scales. It also covers weighing machine weights and parts of weighing machinery. The heading is split first by machine type (personal, conveyor, constant-weight, other) and then, within other weighing machinery, by maximum weighing capacity and by whether the machine gauges weight electronically.

Products in this heading

Digital bathroom scale
Baby scale
Kitchen or household portion scale
Postal or parcel shipping scale
Checkweigher on a conveyor line
Retail deli scale that prints a label
Counting scale for small parts
Electronic load cell used as a scale part

How to choose the right subheading

Identify the machine type: personal or household, continuous weighing on conveyors, constant-weight or bag filling, or other weighing machinery.
For other weighing machinery, check the maximum weighing capacity: 30 kg or less, over 30 kg but not over 5,000 kg, or above that.
Determine whether the machine gauges weight by electronic means or by other means, since digital electronic types take their own lines.
For retail scales, decide whether the machine computes price (computing) or not (non-computing).
Decide whether the item is a complete machine, a weighing machine weight, or a part; parts using electronic means for gauging weight have a separate line.

Often confused with

Laboratory analytical balance sensitive to 5 cg or better
Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better are excluded from heading 8423 by its own terms.
Coin-counting or coin-sorting machine
These office machines are named in heading 8472 even when they count by weight.
Heading 8472
Cash register with an integrated scale
Cash registers are classified in heading 8470.
Heading 8470
Pallet truck or fork-lift used to move loads
Lifting and handling trucks are provided for in heading 8427, not as weighing machinery.
Heading 8427
Filling machine that doses by volume rather than by weight
Packing and filling machinery of heading 8422 is distinct from constant-weight scales of 8423.30.
Heading 8422

Frequently asked questions

What is the HTS code for a digital bathroom scale?

Digital personal and household scales, including baby scales, are classified under 8423.10.00.10. The general (MFN) rate for that code is Free.

What is the duty on a digital platform scale with a capacity over 30 kg but not over 5,000 kg?

Such digital electronic scales fall under 8423.82.00.10. The general (MFN) rate is Free.

How do I classify a load cell sold as a spare part for an electronic scale?

Parts of weighing machinery that use electronic means for gauging weight are classified under 8423.90.10.00, with a general (MFN) rate of Free. Other parts of weighing machinery go under 8423.90.90.00 at a general (MFN) rate of 2.8%.

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.