Code 8456 12 90 · Subheading 8456 12
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This code covers machine tools that remove material from any material by using light or photon beams other than laser beams. It excludes machines used exclusively or mainly to make printed circuits, printed circuit boards with printed circuits, parts of heading 8517, or parts of automatic data-processing machines.
Official tariff text
Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, operated by light or photon beam processes other than laser (excl. soldering and welding machines, also those which can be used for cutting, material testing machines and machines for the manufacture of semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits, printed circuits, and parts of heading 8517 or of computers)
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8456 12 90
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 84561290.
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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 4.5%.
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, Libya and Iran, Islamic Republic of.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
84.56.1200
Operated by other light or photon beam processes
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.
8456 12 90 00
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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).
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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.
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Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code covers machines using non-laser light or photon beams that are used exclusively or mainly for the specified electronics production; this code excludes that use.
That code covers automatic electronic component-placement machines used exclusively or mainly for making printed circuit boards with printed circuits, rather than the material-removing machines described here.
That code covers wave-soldering machines used exclusively or mainly for making printed circuit boards with printed circuits; this code concerns material-removing machines and excludes soldering machines.
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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