Code 8421 29 80 · Subheading 8421 29
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers complete machines and apparatus for filtering or cleaning liquids other than water, beverages, oil or petrol. It does not cover the separate category for fluorine-containing polymer membranes with a thickness not exceeding 140 micrometres.
For example
Official tariff text
Machinery and apparatus for filtering or purifying liquids (excl. such machinery and apparatus for water and other beverages, oil or petrol filters for internal combustion engines, artificial kidneys, and those made of fluoropolymers with filter or purifier membrane thickness <= 140 μm)
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8421 29 80
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 84212980.
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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; 44 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), Ukraine, Belarus and Russian Federation.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
84.21.2900
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What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
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They all have the same duty rates shown here.
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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Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code specifically covers liquid-filtering or liquid-cleaning machines made from fluorine-containing polymers where the membrane thickness does not exceed 140 micrometres.
That code covers machines for cleaning or drying bottles and other containers, rather than machines for filtering or cleaning liquids.
That code covers dairy machinery, whereas this code covers machines and apparatus for filtering or cleaning liquids.
Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.
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