Code 8439 20 · Heading 8439

Machines and equipment for making paper or cardboard, excluding dryers, other heating equipment, calenders and pulp-making machines

This covers machines and equipment used to make paper or cardboard. It does not cover dryers or other heating equipment, calenders, or machines and equipment for making pulp.

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Paper-making machine
Cardboard-making machine

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Official tariff text

Machinery for making paper or paperboard (excl. dryers and other heating appliances, calenders and machinery for making pulp)

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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 8439 Machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic mat… 39 of 86 headings under chapter 84
Is the item for making paper pulp, making paper or cardboard, finishing paper or cardboard, or is it a part for one of these machines?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8439 20 Machinery for making paper or paperboard (excl. dry… 2 of 5 subheadings under heading 8439
Is the item a machine or equipment for making pulp, for making paper or cardboard, for finishing paper or cardboard, or a part for one of these machines?

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8439 20 00 Machinery for making paper or paperboard (excl. dryers and other heating appliances, calenders and machinery for making pulp) 1.7% Save

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8439 10 Machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material (excl. autoclaves, boilers and other heating appliances) 1.7%
8439 20 Machinery for making paper or paperboard (excl. dryers and other heating appliances, calenders and machinery for making pulp) you are here 1.7%
8439 30 Machinery for finishing paper or paperboard (excl. calenders) 1.7%
8439 91 Parts of machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material, n.e.s. 1.7%
8439 99 Parts of machinery for making or finishing paper or paperboard, n.e.s. 1.7%

Export to Norway

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

84.39.2000

Machinery for making paper or paperboard

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.

8439 20 00 00

Machinery for making paper or paperboard

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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Machinery for finishing paper or paperboard (excl. calenders)

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.