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Code 8438 50 00 · Subheading 8438 50

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Industrial meat and poultry processing and preparation machines, excluding cooking, heating, cooling and freezing equipment

This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.

This covers machines and equipment for the industrial processing and preparation of meat and poultry. It does not cover cooking or other heating equipment, or cooling and freezing equipment.

For example

  • Industrial meat cutting machine
  • Industrial poultry plucking machine
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Official tariff text

Machinery for the industrial preparation of meat or poultry (excl. cooking and other heating appliances and refrigerating or freezing equipment)

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8438 50 00

Industrial meat and poultry processing and preparation machines, excluding cooking, heating, cooling and freezing equipment

The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 84385000.

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Trade measures to be aware of

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.

  • Lower duty for goods from some countries

    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; 52 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 database

  • Restrictions and paperwork

    Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); Ukraine; any country.

    Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:

    • Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
    • Movement certificate EUR.1
    • Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
    • Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
    • Undertaking registered in the F-Gas Portal according to Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
    • Goods other than those falling under the applicable provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
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    • Exemption from import prohibition, granted for repair or servicing of existing equipment, according to the second paragraph of Article 11.1 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
    • Exemption from import prohibition according to Article 11.1 and 11.2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
    • Products and equipment, including parts (excluding military and repair exemption) listed in Annex IV containing F-gases or relies upon F-gases not subject to prohibition as imposed by Article 11.1. (Reg 2024/573).
    • Quota provisions from Article 19 (Reg 2024/573) do not apply for products or equipment pre-charged with fluorinated greenhouse gases other than HFCs from Section 1 of Annex I (Reg 2024/573)
    • Goods labelled according to the provisions of Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573
    • Copy of the declaration of conformity - Option A, as referred to in Article 1.2 and in the Annex of Regulation (EU) 2025/2155
    • Copy of the declaration of conformity - Option B, as referred to in Article 1.2 and in the Annex of Regulation (EU) 2025/2155
    • Copy of the declaration of conformity - Option C, as referred to in Article 1.2 and in the Annex of Regulation (EU) 2025/2155
    • Undertaking importing less than 10 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent of hydrofluorocarbons, per year, contained in equipment or products, exempted from the provisions of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573 (Article 19.6 of Regulation (EU) 2024/573)
    • Tonnes of CO₂ equivalent of bulk gases and of gases contained in products or equipment, and parts thereof
    • Net mass of fluorinated greenhouse gases charged in products and equipment
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EU tariff measure data version 2026-08-03-tullverket.

Export to Norway

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

  • 84.38.5000

    Machinery for the preparation of meat or poultry

    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. 9, 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.

  • 8438 50 00 00

    Machinery for the preparation of meat or poultry

    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. 9, 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.