# HS code 8423.10: Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales

> HS code 8423.10 covers personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales. It sits in heading 84.23 (weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof). Other goods of heading 84.23 are classified under 8423.20 (scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors), 8423.30 (constant weight scales and scales for discharging a predetermined weight of material into a bag or container, including hopper scales), 8423.81 (other weighing machinery, having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30kg), 8423.82 (other weighing machinery, having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30kg but not exceeding 5,000kg) or 2 others. National tariff lines under 8423.10 are live on border.bot for the United States (3 lines, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/842310
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 84](https://border.bot/hs-codes/84) / [84.23](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8423) / [8423.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842310)

## Key facts

- HS code: 8423.10
- Covers: Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales
- Heading: [84.23: Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8423)
- Chapter: [84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof](https://border.bot/hs-codes/84)
- Edition: HS2022
- Duty in the United States: [See its 3 lines](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/842310)

## What this code covers

HS code 8423.10 covers personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales.

The legal text of the subheading is “Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales”, in HS2022.

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of heading 84.23 are classified under 8423.20 (scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors), 8423.30 (constant weight scales and scales for discharging a predetermined weight of material into a bag or container, including hopper scales), 8423.81 (other weighing machinery, having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30kg), 8423.82 (other weighing machinery, having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30kg but not exceeding 5,000kg) or 2 others.

- [8423.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842320) Scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors
- [8423.30](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842330) Constant weight scales and scales for discharging a predetermined weight of material into a bag or container, including hopper scales
- [8423.81](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842381) Other weighing machinery: Having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30kg
- [8423.82](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842382) Other weighing machinery: Having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30kg but not exceeding 5,000kg
- [8423.89](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842389) Other weighing machinery: Other
- [8423.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842390) Weighing machine weights of all kinds; parts of weighing machinery

## How it is structured

8423.10 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 84, are the chapter; the first four, 8423, are heading 84.23; the last two, 10, identify the subheading within the heading.

Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.

- Chapter 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
- Heading 84.23: Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds
- Subheading 8423.10: Personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales

## In other countries

National tariff lines under 8423.10 are live on border.bot for the United States (3 lines, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/842310): 3 lines, used by 1 other country

- Previous subheading: [8422.90](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842290) Parts
- Next subheading: [8423.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/842320) Scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS code 8423.10 cover?

HS code 8423.10 covers personal weighing machines, including baby scales; household scales.

### Which heading and chapter is HS code 8423.10 in?

HS code 8423.10 is in heading 84.23 (weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof).

### Where are goods of heading 84.23 classified when 8423.10 doesn’t fit?

Other goods of heading 84.23 are classified under 8423.20 (scales for continuous weighing of goods on conveyors), 8423.30 (constant weight scales and scales for discharging a predetermined weight of material into a bag or container, including hopper scales), 8423.81 (other weighing machinery, having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30kg), 8423.82 (other weighing machinery, having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30kg but not exceeding 5,000kg) or 2 others.

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 8423.10?

National tariff lines under 8423.10 are live on border.bot for the United States (3 lines, also used by 1 other country).

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has 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.

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