8463.30.00 - Machines for working wire

This HTS category, 8463.30.00, encompasses machines specifically designed for working with wire without the removal of material. This includes a broad range of equipment utilized in the wire processing industry, such as machines for shaping, bending, straightening, coiling, cutting (without material removal), and otherwise manipulating wire to achieve desired forms and dimensions. The primary function of these machines is to modify the physical form of wire, rather than to abrade, cut, or mill it away.

Distinguishing this category from its siblings, 8463.10.00 covers drawbenches used for reducing the cross-sectional area of bars, tubes, profiles, or wire through drawing, while 8463.20.00 specifically pertains to thread rolling machines, which create threads by deforming material. This category, 8463.30.00, focuses on machines whose principal operation is the manipulation and forming of existing wire structures. The residual category, 8463.90.00, is reserved for other machine tools working metal or cermets without material removal that do not fit the specific descriptions of the preceding subheadings.

Within 8463.30.00, further subcategories exist to refine classification based on specific characteristics and value. Subheading 8463.30.00.40 is designated for machines that are either used or rebuilt, indicating a distinction based on their operational history. The remaining subcategories, 8463.30.00.60 and 8463.30.00.80, differentiate between machines valued under $3,025 each and all other machines within this classification, respectively, providing a value-based criterion for further sorting.