HS Code 8446
Industrial Weaving Machines and Looms
HS code 8446 covers industrial weaving machines (looms) used to produce woven fabrics from yarn for the textile manufacturing and garment industries.
4-digit Section XVIFCL
HS Code 8446 — Industrial Weaving Machines and Looms
These machines, commonly known as looms, are used to weave textile yarns into fabric. They operate by interlacing warp and weft threads and range from narrow ribbon looms to wide industrial fabric machines.
What's included
- Power looms
- Shuttleless looms
- Rapier weaving machines
- Air-jet weaving machines
- Water-jet weaving machines
What's excluded
- Knitting machines → use
8447(Knitting involves interlocking loops, whereas weaving involves interlacing perpendicular threads.)
Common examples
- Picanol rapier loom
- Toyota air-jet weaving machine
- Itema projectile loom
- Tsudakoma water-jet loom
Frequently asked questions
Are hand-operated looms included?
Yes, but they are often categorized under different subheadings depending on the fabric width they produce.
Trade & shipping notes
- Typical duty range: 0% - 7.5%
- Documentation: Description must specify the width of the fabric the machine can produce.
- Typical shipping mode: FCL
- Top exporters: Belgium, Japan, Italy, China
- Top importers: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia
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Key takeaway
Specific to fabric production via the weaving process (interlacing threads).
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