Heading 8451

Machinery (other than machines of heading 8450) for washing, cleaning, wringing, drying, ironing, pressing (including fusing presses), bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing, coating or impregnating textile yarns, fabrics or made up textile articles and machines for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support used in the manufacture of floor coverings such as linoleum; machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics; parts thereof

14 declarable lines

Heading 8451 covers industrial laundry and textile finishing machinery, other than the household and laundry-type machines of heading 8450. It is split by machine function: dry-cleaning machines, drying machines, ironing machines and presses, washing and bleaching and dyeing machines, and machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking fabric, plus a residual other machinery line. A separate subheading covers parts, including drying chambers and furniture designed to receive drying machines.

Products in this heading

Industrial dry-cleaning machine
Coin-operated tumble dryer with dry linen capacity of 10 kg or less
Industrial drying machine with dry linen capacity over 10 kg
Ironing press or fusing press
Textile dyeing machine
Machine for cutting or pinking textile fabric
Drying chamber for a 8451 drying machine
Furniture designed to receive a drying machine of 8451.21 or 8451.29

How to choose the right subheading

Identify the process the machine performs: dry-cleaning, drying, ironing or pressing, washing or bleaching or dyeing, or reeling, folding, cutting or pinking.
For drying machines, establish the dry linen capacity in kg to separate the 10 kg and under lines from the other lines.
For drying machines of 10 kg or less, state whether the machine is coin operated or other.
For other drying machines, state whether the machine dries made up articles or is other.
Decide whether the item is a complete machine or a part, since parts fall in subheading 8451.90 and are split by the type of machine they serve.

Often confused with

Household washer or washer-dryer for home use
Household and laundry-type washing machines have their own heading, and 8451 covers the non-household machinery.
Heading 8450
Centrifugal dryer for extracting water from fabric
Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers, are classified in 8421 rather than in the drying machines of 8451.
Heading 8421
Industrial oven that dries materials by a change of temperature
General temperature-treatment machinery and plant, including drying equipment not of a laundry or textile finishing type, is in 8419.
Heading 8419
Calender or rolling machine for finishing fabric
Calendering and other rolling machines and their cylinders are classified in 8420.
Heading 8420
Industrial sewing machine used to join fabric
Sewing machines are covered by heading 8452, not by the finishing machinery of 8451.
Heading 8452

Frequently asked questions

What is the HTS code for a dry-cleaning machine?

Dry-cleaning machines are classified under 8451.10.00.00. The general (MFN) rate for this line is Free.

What is the duty on an industrial textile dyeing machine?

Washing, bleaching or dyeing machines are classified under 8451.40.00.00. The general (MFN) rate for this line is 3.5%.

How do I classify a tumble dryer with a dry linen capacity of 8 kg?

It falls in the 10 kg or less drying machine group. A coin-operated machine goes under 8451.21.00.10 and other machines go under 8451.21.00.90, both at a general (MFN) rate of 3.4%.

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.