Code 8438 80 10 · Subheading 8438 80
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This covers machinery and apparatus for industrial processing or preparation of coffee and tea. It excludes centrifuges, filtration apparatus, coffee-roasting machines, machines for making instant coffee powder and machines for preparing hot drinks.
For example
Official tariff text
Machinery for the industrial preparation of tea or coffee (excl. centrifuges, filtering equipment, roasters, freeze-dryers and other heating appliances)
Classification complete
8438 80 10
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 84388010.
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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; 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) and Ukraine.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
84.38.8001
Filleting machines
84.38.8005
Other
84.38.8009
Other
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 80 10 00
For the preparation of tea or coffee
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).
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 non-household coffee percolators and other apparatus for preparing coffee and other hot drinks; this code is specifically for industrial coffee and tea processing or preparation and excludes hot-drink preparation.
That code covers industrial machinery for processing, preparing or making beverages generally, with stated exclusions for centrifuges and filtration, heating or cooling apparatus; this code specifically names coffee and tea and has additional exclusions.
That code is for industrial machinery for preparing or making foodstuffs not otherwise specified; this code specifically covers industrial processing or preparation of coffee and tea.
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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