Code 8438 60 00 · Subheading 8438 60
Final code reached
This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers machinery and equipment for the industrial processing or preparation of fruit, nuts and vegetables. It does not cover cooking or other heating equipment, cooling or freezing equipment, or sorting machines for fruit and vegetables.
For example
Official tariff text
Machinery for the industrial preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables (excl. cooking and other heating appliances, refrigerating or freezing equipment and machinery for the sorting or grading of fruit and vegetables)
Classification complete
8438 60 00
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 84386000.
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; 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 databaseImport 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:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
84.38.6000
Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables
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.
8438 60 00 00
Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables
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).
Before you use the code
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 covers machinery for preparing animal feed, whereas this code covers industrial processing or preparation of fruit, nuts and vegetables.
That code covers machinery for cleaning and sorting seeds, grain or dried leguminous vegetables, whereas this code covers industrial processing or preparation of fruit, nuts and vegetables and excludes sorting machines for them.
That code covers miscellaneous machinery for operations such as mixing, crushing, grinding or filtering, whereas this code specifically covers industrial processing or preparation of fruit, nuts and vegetables.
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.
Create a free account to keep the customs codes you care about in one place, and come back to them whenever you need them.