Code 8460 90 00 · Subheading 8460 90
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This code covers polishing machines and similar machines that treat the surface of metal or cermets using grinding stones, abrasive discs, or abrasive or polishing materials. It excludes hand-held machines and machines for making gears.
Official tariff text
Machines for deburring, polishing or otherwise finishing metal or cermets (excl. grinding, sharpening, honing and lapping machines and machines for working in the hand)
Classification complete
8460 90 00
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 84609000.
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 and Libya.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
84.60.9000
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.
8460 90 00 00
Other
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.
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Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
This code is for numerically controlled machines for making metal gears, including non-cylindrical gear-grinding machines; this code is for polishing and similar surface-finishing machines instead.
This code is for non-numerically controlled machines for making metal gears, including non-cylindrical gear-grinding machines; this code is for polishing and similar surface-finishing machines instead.
That code covers grinding and polishing machines for wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics and similar hard materials, whereas this code covers metal or cermet.
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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