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Section XVI — Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles

Chapter 84 — Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

Heading 8448 — Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 84.44, 84.45, 84.46 or 84.47 (for example, dobbies, Jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading 84.44, 84.45, 84.46 or 84.47 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and healdframes, hosiery needles).

National subdivision 8448.5 — Parts and accessories of machines of heading 84.47 or of their auxiliary machinery:

Subheading 8448.51 — Sinkers, needles and other articles used in forming stitches

HS code

8448.51.00 Sinkers, needles and other articles used in forming stitches

Applicable taxes: Customs TaxCID, PAL, SSCL, VAT
Last Verified Date - 1 October 2026
Common commodities
Knitting machine latch needlesSpring-beard needles for hosiery productionStitch-forming guide assembly for knitwearPressers for integrated stitch formationHosiery needle bars with stitch manipulationSinkers for knitting machine componentsKnitting machine head components (stitch guides)Latch hooks for knitted fabric productionIntegral stitch-forming elements for knitwear machinesKnitting machine components: stitch pressers