Code 8471 70 70 · Subheading 8471 70
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This covers disk storage units for digital automatic data-processing machines that are neither optical nor magneto-optical. It excludes central storage units and disk storage units with fixed disks.
For example
Official tariff text
Disk storage units for automatic data-processing machines, neither optical nor magneto-optical (excl. hard disk storage drives and central storage units)
Classification complete
8471 70 70
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 84717070.
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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), Ukraine, Belarus, Russian Federation 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.
84.71.7000
Storage units
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.
8471 70 70 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.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code covers central storage units, which are excluded from this code.
That code covers optical or magneto-optical disk storage units, while this code covers units that are not optical or magneto-optical.
That code covers non-optical and non-magneto-optical disk storage units with fixed disks, while this code excludes fixed disks.
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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