Code 8408 10 81 · Subheading 8408 10
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This covers new piston engines with compression ignition for propelling seagoing vessels, the specified tugboats and warships. The engine must have power over 1,000 kW but not over 5,000 kW.
Official tariff text
Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine", for seagoing vessels of heading 8901 to 8906, tugs of subheading 8904.00.10 and warships of subheading 8906.10.00, new, of a power > 1.000 kW but <= 5.000 kW
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8408 10 81
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 84081081.
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Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in Andorra; San Marino; Türkiye; European Union; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; 50 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
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What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
84.08.1001
Of 22 kW (30 hp) or less
84.08.1002
From 23 kW (30 hp) to 74 kW (100 hp)
84.08.1003
From 75 kW (101 hp) to 150 kW (203 hp)
84.08.1004
From 151 kW (204 hp) to 370 kW (500 hp)
84.08.1005
From 371 kW (501 hp) to 1100 kW (1488 hp)
84.08.1009
Of 1101 kW (1489 hp) or more
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
8408 10 81 00
For seagoing vessels of headings 8901 to 8906, tugs of subheading 8904 00 10 and warships of subheading 8906 10 00
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
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The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code is for the same stated vessel types when power is over 500 kW but not over 1,000 kW, rather than over 1,000 kW but not over 5,000 kW.
This code covers the same new engine power range for ships and boats other than the stated seagoing vessels, qualifying tugboats and warships.
That code is for the same stated vessel types when power is over 5,000 kW, rather than over 1,000 kW but not over 5,000 kW.
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