8462.29.00 - Other

This HTS subcategory, 8462.29.00, encompasses "Other" bending, folding, straightening, or flattening machines for flat metal products that are not specifically classified under other preceding HTS codes within the 8462.2x range. These machines are designed to reshape flat metal sheets or plates through various mechanical processes, excluding those that form profiles or are press brakes with numerical control, or panel benders and roll forming machines with numerical control. The key criterion for inclusion here is that the machine performs one of the listed operations (bending, folding, straightening, or flattening) on flat metal products and does not fit into a more specific numerical control or profile-forming designation.

Distinguishing this category from its siblings, machines classified under 8462.22.00 are specifically for forming profiles, while 8462.23.00, 8462.24.00, 8462.25.00, and 8462.26.00 all pertain to numerically controlled press brakes, panel benders, and roll forming machines. Therefore, 8462.29.00 serves as a residual category for flat product manipulation machines that do not possess the advanced numerical control features or are not specifically designed for profile formation.

The subcategories under 8462.29.00 further refine the classification based on factors such as whether the machine is used or rebuilt, or its individual value. The "Used or rebuilt" designation (8462.29.00.10) is for machinery that has seen prior operational use. The category "Other, valued under $3,025 each" (8462.29.00.20) applies to new machines falling within the scope of 8462.29.00 that meet the specified value threshold. The remaining "Other" entries at the deepest level will capture machines not meeting these specific criteria.