Code 8461 40 · Heading 8461

Metal gear-making and gear-finishing machines, excluding planing, shaping, slotting and broaching machines

This covers machines for making or finishing metal gears, other than planing, shaping, slotting and broaching machines. The detailed classification depends on whether the machine makes or finishes gears and on the specific features stated for that type.

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A metal gear-making machine, excluding planing, shaping, slotting and broaching machines
A metal gear-finishing machine, excluding planing, shaping, slotting and broaching machines

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Official tariff text

Gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machines, for working metals, metal carbides or cermets (excl. planing, slotting and broaching machines)

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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 8461 Machine tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broac… 61 of 86 headings under chapter 84
Is it a shaping or slotting machine, a broaching machine, a gearmaking or gear-finishing machine, a machine saw or cutting machine, or another planing or metal-cutting machine tool not named more specifically?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8461 40 Gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machi… 3 of 5 subheadings under heading 8461
Is the machine for making metal gears or for finishing them? If it makes gears, are they cylindrical or non-cylindrical, and is the machine numerically controlled? If it finishes gears, does it have a micrometric adjustment device allowing each axis to be set with an accuracy of at least 0.01 mm, and is it numerically controlled?

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8461 20 Shaping or slotting machines, for working metals, metal carbides or cermets 1.7%
8461 30 Broaching machines, for working metals, metal carbides or cermets No rate on file
8461 40 Gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machines, for working metals, metal carbides or cermets (excl. planing, slotting and broaching machines) you are here 1.7–2.7%
8461 50 Sawing or cutting-off machines, for working metals, metal carbides or cermets (excl. machines for working in the hand) No rate on file
8461 90 Planing machines and other machine tools for working metals, metal carbides or cermets by removing material, n.e.s. 2.7%

Export to Norway

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

84.61.4000

Gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machines

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.

All 7 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

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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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.