8476.90.00.00 - Parts

This HTS category, 8476.90.00.00, encompasses "parts" specifically for automatic goods-vending machines, including money-changing machines. This means any component, piece, or accessory that is designed to be incorporated into or used in conjunction with such vending or money-changing machines falls under this classification. Examples include dispensing mechanisms, coin acceptors, bill validators, internal wiring, control boards, housing components, and any other constituent part that is not a complete vending machine itself.

This classification is distinct from its sibling categories, which cover complete automatic beverage-vending machines and other types of automatic goods-vending machines or money-changing machines. While those categories classify the finished, functional units, 8476.90.00.00 is solely for the individual components that make up these machines. If a part is imported as part of a fully assembled machine, it would be classified with the machine itself, not separately under this "parts" heading.

As this is a leaf node within the HTS, there are no further subcategories. Classification under 8476.90.00.00 is determined by the part's intended use. If a part is clearly identifiable as belonging to and designed for the operation or construction of an automatic goods-vending machine or a money-changing machine covered by heading 8476, it will be classified here. Generic parts that could be used in a wide variety of machinery, without specific adaptation for vending machines, would likely be classified elsewhere based on their general nature.