8476.29.00.00 - Other 🖩

This HTS category, 8476.29.00.00, encompasses automatic beverage-vending machines that do not incorporate heating or refrigerating devices. These machines are designed to dispense beverages upon payment or activation and rely on ambient or pre-chilled/heated beverages supplied from external sources. Examples include machines that dispense room-temperature bottled or canned drinks, or those that mix ingredients from separate containers without integrated temperature control for the final product.

This classification is distinct from its sibling category, 8476.21.00.00, which specifically covers automatic beverage-vending machines that *do* include built-in heating or refrigerating mechanisms. The presence or absence of an integrated temperature control system is the primary distinguishing factor for classification between these two subheadings.

As this is a leaf node, there are no further subcategories. Therefore, the classification of a beverage-vending machine under 8476.29.00.00 hinges solely on the absence of internal heating or refrigeration capabilities. If such capabilities are present, even in conjunction with other dispensing functions, the machine would fall under the sibling category 8476.21.00.00.