What HS code 8432.42 covers
HS code 8432.42 classifies spreaders and distributors; for manure and fertilizers, for agricultural, horticultural or forestry use; fertiliser distributors. It is a subheading of heading 8432 (Agricultural, horticultural or forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation; lawn or sports-ground rollers), in chapter 84 (Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof), section XVI of the Harmonized System. These six digits are identical in every country that uses the HS.
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Import duty for 8432.42
Base MFN rate only. Section 301 and 2025 IEEPA tariffs can stack on top for goods from China.
Source: HTSUS / CBP
Erga-omnes (third-country) MFN rate. Import VAT of 17 to 27 percent by country, and any anti-dumping measures, apply separately.
Source: TARIC
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Related codes in heading 8432
Not quite the right fit? These subheadings sit under the same heading and are the most common alternatives to 8432.42.
- 8432.10 Ploughs; for soil preparation
- 8432.21 Harrows; disc harrows
- 8432.29 Harrows; (excluding disc), scarifiers, cultivators, weeders and hoes
- 8432.31 Seeders, planters and transplanters; no-till direct seeders, planters and transplanters
- 8432.39 Seeders, planters and transplanters; other than no-till direct seeders, planters and transplanters
- 8432.41 Spreaders and distributors; for manure and fertilizers, for agricultural, horticultural or forestry use; manure spreaders
- 8432.80 Rollers; for lawns or sports-grounds
- 8432.90 Machinery; parts of machinery for soil preparation or cultivation or for rollers for lawns or sports-grounds
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