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HS code for thread guides
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “thread guides” points to heading 8448: auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, dobbies, jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-frames, hosiery needles). Check the description and the notes of the chapter before declaring: the right code depends on what the goods are made of and how they are used.
In the UK Global Tariff, 8448 covers 12 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides 8448 into 12 tariff lines; the duty is 1.7%.
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, 8448 covers 19 tariff lines and the duty is 1.7%.
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USASee also
- lingoes
- spinnerets
- warp beams
- warp tyers
- topham boxes
- bobbin creels
- bobbin holders
- hinged needles
- jacquard hooks
- bearded needles
- grooved needles
- reeds for looms
- ring travellers
- tubular needles
- warp protectors
- leno attachments
- extruding nipples
- loom heald frames
- warp pile motions
- warp stop motions
- weft stop motions
- card lacing machines
- split selvedge machines
- bobbin control mechanisms
- combs for combing machines
- mechanical yarn separators
- swivel shuttle attachments
- jacquards textile machinery
- spindles and spindle flyers
- plates for knitting machines
- hooks for net making machines
- needles for knitting machines
- shuttles for weaving machines
- tamplets for weaving machines
- frames for embroidery machines
- spindles for braiding machines
- automatic stop motions, textile
- fallers or gills for gill boxes
- needles for embroidery machines
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for thread guides?
Thread guides are classified under 8448 (Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447) in the Harmonized System. National tariffs add more digits; see the lines on this page.