Code 8423 82 · Heading 8423

Scales over 30 kg and no more than 5,000 kg, excluding personal, conveyor, constant-weight and preset-fill scales

This covers weighing scales with a capacity over 30 kg but no more than 5,000 kg. It does not cover personal scales, continuously operating conveyor-belt scales, constant-weight scales or scales for dispensing a preset weight into bags or other containers, including dosing scales.

For example

An electronic platform scale for weighing goods, with a capacity of 100 kg
A goods weighing scale with a capacity of 5,000 kg

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Official tariff text

Weighing machinery of a maximum weighing capacity > 30 kg but <= 5.000 kg (excl. personal weighing machines, scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors, constant weight scales and scales for discharging a pre-determined weight of material into a bag or container, incl. hopper scales)

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Step 1 · Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equ…
Is the product a machine, apparatus or mechanical tool, or is it electrical equipment, a sound recorder or player, or a television image and sound recorder or player?
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Step 2 · Chapter 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical… 1 of 2 chapters in section XVI
What is the machine, appliance or part specifically designed to do?
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Step 3 · Heading 8423 Weighing machinery, incl. weight-operated counting … 23 of 86 headings under chapter 84
Is it a personal or household scale, a continuous conveyor scale, a constant-weight or dosing scale, another scale with a capacity of <= 30 kg, > 30 kg but <= 5,000 kg, or > 5,000 kg, or is it a weight or a scale part?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8423 82 Weighing machinery of a maximum weighing capacity >… 5 of 7 subheadings under heading 8423
Is it a scale using electronic means to measure weight, a control scale or automatic control machine working from a preset weight, or another scale in this capacity range?

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8423 10 Personal weighing machines, incl. baby scales; household scales No rate on file
8423 20 Scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors 0.0–1.7%
8423 30 Constant weight scales and scales for discharging a pre-determined weight of material into a bag or container, incl. hopper scales (excl. scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors) 0.0–1.7%
8423 81 Weighing machinery having a maximum weighing capacity <= 30 kg (excl. balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, personal weighing machines, household scales, scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors, constant weight scales and scales for discharging a pre-determined weight of material into a bag or container, incl. hopper scales) 0.0–1.7%
8423 82 Weighing machinery of a maximum weighing capacity > 30 kg but <= 5.000 kg (excl. personal weighing machines, scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors, constant weight scales and scales for discharging a pre-determined weight of material into a bag or container, incl. hopper scales) you are here 0.0–1.7%
8423 89 Weighing machinery of a maximum weighing capacity > 5.000 kg 0.0–1.7%
8423 90 Weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery, n.e.s. 0.0–1.7%

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

84.23.8200

Having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30 kg but not exceeding 5,000 kg

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 3 UK lines under this code

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Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

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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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.