Code 8470 90 00 · Subheading 8470 90
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This covers bookkeeping machines, franking machines, ticket machines and similar complete machines with a built-in calculating mechanism. It does not cover calculators, cash registers or vending machines.
For example
Official tariff text
Accounting machines, postage-franking machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating device (excl. calculating machin, cash registers and automatic vending machines)
Classification complete
8470 90 00
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 84709000.
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; 37 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.
84.70.9010
Postage-franking machines
84.70.9090
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.
8470 90 00 00
Other
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.
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This code covers automatic data-processing machines consisting of at least a central unit and an input and output unit, while this code covers bookkeeping, franking, ticket and similar machines with a built-in calculating mechanism.
This code covers parts and accessories for certain machines, while this code covers the bookkeeping, franking, ticket and similar machines themselves.
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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