Code 8408 90 45 · Subheading 8408 90
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This code covers new compression-ignition piston engines, including diesel or semi-diesel engines, with power over 30 kW but not over 50 kW. It excludes engines for propelling ships and boats, railway locomotives, railcars and rail maintenance vehicles, and engines of the kind used to propel Chapter 87 vehicles.
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Official tariff text
Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine", new, of a power > 30 kW but <= 50 kW (excl. engines for rail traction or marine propulsion and engines for motor vehicles of chapter 87)
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8408 90 45
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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; 51 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.
84.08.9000
Other engines
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 90 45 10
For use in civil aircraft
8408 90 45 90
Other
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
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Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
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