European Union tariff, chapter 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
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Key facts
- National lines
- 1,294
- Subheadings
- 538
- Import VAT/GST in the European Union
- VAT 21%
- De minimis in the European Union
- Flat €3 duty up to €150; tax always charged
- Tariff
- European Union
- Chapter
- 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
Summary
The European Union tariff has 1,294 national lines in HS chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof), under 538 subheadings in 86 headings.
Subheadings with European Union lines
The European Union tariff has 1,294 national lines in HS chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof), under 538 subheadings in 86 headings.
Subheadings 301 to 400 of 538, page 4 of 6.
84.48 Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, dobbies, jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-frames, hosiery needles)
84.49 Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or nonwovens in the piece or in shapes, including machinery for making felt hats; blocks for making hats
- 8449.00Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or nonwovens in the piece or in shapes, including machinery for making felt hats; blocks for making hats1 line
84.50 Household or laundry-type washing machines, including machines which both wash and dry
- 8450.11Machines, each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg: Fully-automatic machines3 lines
- 8450.12Machines, each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg: Other machines, with built-in centrifugal drier1 line
- 8450.19Machines, each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg: Other1 line
- 8450.20Machines, each of a dry linen capacity exceeding 10kg1 line
- 8450.90Parts1 line
84.51 Machinery (other than machines of heading 8450) for washing, cleaning, wringing, drying, ironing, pressing (including fusing presses), bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing, coating or impregnating textile yarns, fabrics or made-up textile articles and machines for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support used in the manufacture of floor coverings such as linoleum; machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics
- 8451.10Dry-cleaning machines1 line
- 8451.21Drying machines: Each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10kg1 line
- 8451.29Drying machines: Other1 line
- 8451.30Ironing machines and presses (including fusing presses)1 line
- 8451.40Washing, bleaching or dyeing machines1 line
- 8451.50Machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics1 line
- 8451.80Other machinery3 lines
- 8451.90Parts1 line
84.52 Sewing machines, other than book-sewing machines of heading 8440; furniture, bases and covers specially designed for sewing machines; sewing machine needles
84.53 Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, other than sewing machines
84.54 Converters, ladles, ingot moulds and casting machines, of a kind used in metallurgy or in metal foundries
84.55 Metal-rolling mills and rolls therefor
84.56 Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electrodischarge, electrochemical, electron beam, ionic-beam or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines
- 8456.11Operated by laser or other light or photon beam processes: Operated by laser2 lines
- 8456.12Operated by laser or other light or photon beam processes: Operated by other light or photon beam processes2 lines
- 8456.20Operated by ultrasonic processes1 line
- 8456.30Operated by electro-discharge processes3 lines
- 8456.40Operated by plasma arc processes1 line
- 8456.50Water-jet cutting machines1 line
- 8456.90Other1 line
84.57 Machining centres, unit construction machines (single station) and multi-station transfer machines, for working metal
84.58 Lathes (including turning centres) for removing metal
84.59 Machine tools (including way-type unit head machines) for drilling, boring, milling, threading or tapping by removing metal, other than lathes (including turning centres) of heading 8458
- 8459.10Way-type unit head machines1 line
- 8459.21Other drilling machines: Numerically controlled1 line
- 8459.29Other drilling machines: Other1 line
- 8459.31Other boring-milling machines: Numerically controlled1 line
- 8459.39Other boring-milling machines: Other1 line
- 8459.41Other boring machines: Numerically controlled1 line
- 8459.49Other boring machines: Other1 line
- 8459.51Milling machines, knee-type: Numerically controlled1 line
- 8459.59Milling machines, knee-type: Other1 line
- 8459.61Other milling machines: Numerically controlled2 lines
- 8459.69Other milling machines: Other2 lines
- 8459.70Other threading or tapping machines1 line
84.60 Machine tools for deburring, sharpening, grinding, honing, lapping, polishing or otherwise finishing metal or cermets by means of grinding stones, abrasives or polishing products, other than gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machines of heading 8461
- 8460.12Flat-surface grinding machines: Numerically controlled1 line
- 8460.19Flat-surface grinding machines: Other1 line
- 8460.22Other grinding machines: Centreless grinding machines, numerically controlled1 line
- 8460.23Other grinding machines: Other cylindrical grinding machines, numerically controlled1 line
- 8460.24Other grinding machines: Other, numerically controlled1 line
- 8460.29Other grinding machines: Other2 lines
- 8460.31Sharpening (tool or cutter grinding) machines: Numerically controlled1 line
- 8460.39Sharpening (tool or cutter grinding) machines: Other1 line
- 8460.40Honing or lapping machines2 lines
- 8460.90Other1 line
84.61 Machine tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine tools working by removing metal or cermets, not elsewhere specified or included
84.62 Machine tools (including presses) for working metal by forging, hammering or die forging (excluding rolling mills); machine tools (including presses, slitting lines and cut-to-length lines) for working metal by bending, folding, straightening, flattening, shearing, punching, notching or nibbling (excluding draw-benches); presses for working metal or metal carbides, not specified above
- 8462.11Hot forming machines for forging, die forging (including presses) and hot hammers: Closed die forging machines2 lines
- 8462.19Hot forming machines for forging, die forging (including presses) and hot hammers: Other2 lines
- 8462.22Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including press brakes) for flat products: Profile forming machines2 lines
- 8462.23Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including press brakes) for flat products: Numerically controlled press brakes1 line
- 8462.24Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including press brakes) for flat products: Numerically controlled panel benders1 line
- 8462.25Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including press brakes) for flat products: Numerically controlled roll forming machines1 line
- 8462.26Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including press brakes) for flat products: Other numerically controlled bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines1 line
- 8462.29Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including press brakes) for flat products: Other1 line
- 8462.32Slitting lines, cut-to-length lines and other shearing machines (excluding presses) for flat products, other than combined punching and shearing machines: Slitting lines and cut-to-length lines2 lines
- 8462.33Slitting lines, cut-to-length lines and other shearing machines (excluding presses) for flat products, other than combined punching and shearing machines: Numerically controlled shearing machines1 line
- 8462.39Slitting lines, cut-to-length lines and other shearing machines (excluding presses) for flat products, other than combined punching and shearing machines: Other1 line
- 8462.42Punching, notching or nibbling machines (excluding presses) for flat products including combined punching and shearing machines: Numerically controlled1 line
- 8462.49Punching, notching or nibbling machines (excluding presses) for flat products including combined punching and shearing machines: Other1 line
- 8462.51Machines for working tube, pipe, hollow section and bar (excluding presses): Numerically controlled1 line
- 8462.59Machines for working tube, pipe, hollow section and bar (excluding presses): Other1 line
- 8462.61Cold metal working presses: Hydraulic presses2 lines
- 8462.62Cold metal working presses: Mechanical presses2 lines
- 8462.63Cold metal working presses: Servo-presses2 lines
- 8462.69Cold metal working presses: Other2 lines
- 8462.90Other2 lines
84.63 Other machine tools for working metal or cermets, without removing material
84.64 Machine tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral materials or for cold working glass
- 8464.10Sawing machines1 line
Import VAT and de minimis in the European Union
The European Union charges VAT on imports at a standard rate of 21%.
From 1 July 2026 until 1 July 2028, consignments sold to buyers in the European Union worth up to €150 pay a flat customs duty of €3 per tariff classification in the consignment instead of the tariff rate. Import tax is charged whatever the value.
In other countries
National tariff lines under chapter 84 are live on border.bot for the United States (1,706 lines, also used by 1 other country).
- United States1,706 lines, used by 1 other country
Frequently asked questions
How many national tariff lines does the European Union tariff have in HS chapter 84?
The European Union tariff has 1,294 national lines in HS chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof), under 538 subheadings in 86 headings.
Sources and updates
The tariff lines for the European Union come from border.bot release 1, read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 11 October 2026.
The duty rates for the European Union come from border.bot release 1, read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 11 October 2026.
The trade programmes for the European Union come from border.bot release 1, read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 11 October 2026.
The import taxes for the European Union come from border.bot release 1, imported from a file, and have been live since 9 October 2026.
The de minimis thresholds for the European Union come from border.bot release 2, entered by border.bot, and have been live since 11 October 2026.
This page was last updated on 11 October 2026.
Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.