8422.30.91.60 - Other 🖩

This HTS category, 8422.30.91.60, encompasses machinery designed to perform specific closing operations on bottles, cans, jars, tubes, and similar containers. The core function of these machines is to apply caps, lids, seals, or other closures to create a finished product ready for packaging or distribution. This includes devices that hermetically seal containers or provide tamper-evident closures.

This classification is distinct from its sibling, 8422.30.91.50, which specifically covers vacuum or gas packaging machinery. While packaging machinery may involve sealing as part of its process, this category is dedicated solely to the machines that *perform* the capping, lidding, sealing, or closing operation itself, as a primary function. It does not extend to the broader processes of creating a sealed package containing multiple items or altering the atmosphere within the package.

As a leaf node within the HTS structure, this category does not have further subcategories. Therefore, classification within 8422.30.91.60 depends on confirming that the machinery's sole or principal operation is one of the enumerated closing functions. The specific type of closure applied (e.g., screw cap, crimp seal, snap-on lid) or the container material (glass, plastic, metal) are generally not determinative, so long as the machine's design and purpose align with performing these fundamental closing actions.