Vietnam: Plate-related machines and equipment

No.

NAME

CODE ACCORDING TO IMPORT DUTY SCHEDULE

ARTICLE DESCRIPTION

Chapter

Heading

Sub-heading

5

Plate-related machines and equipment

1

Gravure nickel plating machines

84

63

90

10

Electric metal machines for providing gravure plates with nickel plating

2

Gravure chrome plating machines

84

63

90

10

Machines providing gravure plates with chrome coating by electroplating method

3

Gravure cylinder grinding machines

84

60

11

00

Electric machines that are digitally operated, grinding cylindrically with accuracy ≤ 5μm

4

Gravure cylinder polishing machines

84

60

90

10

Electric machines for polishing surface of gravure cylinders

5

Gravure cylinder engraving machines

84

42

30

10

Electric machines that are digitally operated to engrave metal gravure cylinders

6

Direct image printing machines for waterless offset, wet offset, flexo and screen printing

84

42

30

10

Electric machines for creating direct images for offset, gravure, flexo and screen printing machines

7

Exposure printing machines for waterless offset, wet offset, poly chablon, flexo and screen printing

85

39

49

00

Electric machines utilizing high capacity UV light to create sharper images from film to plates

8

Plate processors for waterless offset, wet offset, poly chablon, flexo and screen printing

84

79

89

30

Electric machines consisting of spray bars that spray positive plate developers and clean all non-printing elements on the plates

9

Plate drying machines for waterless offset, wet offset, poly chablon, flexo and screen printing

84

19

39

19

Electric machines consisting of heating systems to dry and finalize  the plates