HS 8442
Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465) for preparing or making plates, cylinders or other printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)

What this heading covers

Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465) for preparing or making plates, cylinders or other printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished) — this is the standard HS heading text for chapter 84. Products are classified here at the 4-digit level; the 6-digit subheadings below split it further. Duty rates and import rules are set by each destination country on top of this shared structure.

This heading has no standard 6-digit split in this dataset; national tariff lines extend it to 8–10 digits.

Before you ship

Confirm the final 8–10 digit national line with your customs broker, and check whether the product needs pre-shipment certification in the destination market — see our SONCAP (Nigeria), SABER (Saudi Arabia) and CE marking (EU) guides.

Chapter 84 · Heading 8442 · Source: WCO HS 2022 nomenclature (public). Other headings in this chapter: 8401 · 8402 · 8403 · 8404 · 8405 · 8406 · 8407 · 8408 · 8409 · 8410 · 8411 · 8412 · 8413 · 8414