# HS code 8436.21: Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, poultry incubators and brooders

> HS code 8436.21 covers poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, poultry incubators and brooders. It sits in heading 84.36 (other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping or bee-keeping machinery, including germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry incubators and brooders) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof). Other goods of heading 84.36 are classified under 8436.10 (machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs), 8436.29 (poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, other), 8436.80 (other machinery), 8436.91 (parts, of poultry-keeping machinery or poultry incubators or brooders) and 1 other. National tariff lines under 8436.21 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/843621
Last updated: 11 October 2026

[HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 84](https://border.bot/hs-codes/84) / [84.36](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8436) / [8436.21](https://border.bot/hs-codes/843621)

## Key facts

- HS code: 8436.21
- Covers: Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, poultry incubators and brooders
- Heading: [84.36: Other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping or bee-keeping machinery, including germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry incubators and brooders](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8436)
- 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 1 line](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/843621)

## What this code covers

HS code 8436.21 covers poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, poultry incubators and brooders.

The legal text of the subheading is “Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders: Poultry incubators and brooders”, read under “Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders”, in HS2022.

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of heading 84.36 are classified under 8436.10 (machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs), 8436.29 (poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, other), 8436.80 (other machinery), 8436.91 (parts, of poultry-keeping machinery or poultry incubators or brooders) and 1 other.

- [8436.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/843610) Machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs
- [8436.29](https://border.bot/hs-codes/843629) Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders: Other
- [8436.80](https://border.bot/hs-codes/843680) Other machinery
- [8436.91](https://border.bot/hs-codes/843691) Parts: Of poultry-keeping machinery or poultry incubators and brooders
- [8436.99](https://border.bot/hs-codes/843699) Parts: Other

## How it is structured

8436.21 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 84, are the chapter; the first four, 8436, are heading 84.36; the last two, 21, 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 84.36: Other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping or bee-keeping machinery, including germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry incubators and brooders
- Within the heading: Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders
- Subheading 8436.21: Poultry incubators and brooders

## In other countries

National tariff lines under 8436.21 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, also used by 1 other country).

- [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/843621): 1 line, used by 1 other country

- Previous subheading: [8436.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/843610) Machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs
- Next subheading: [8436.29](https://border.bot/hs-codes/843629) Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders: Other

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS code 8436.21 cover?

HS code 8436.21 covers poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, poultry incubators and brooders.

### Which heading and chapter is HS code 8436.21 in?

HS code 8436.21 is in heading 84.36 (other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping or bee-keeping machinery, including germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry incubators and brooders) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof).

### Where are goods of heading 84.36 classified when 8436.21 doesn’t fit?

Other goods of heading 84.36 are classified under 8436.10 (machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs), 8436.29 (poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, other), 8436.80 (other machinery), 8436.91 (parts, of poultry-keeping machinery or poultry incubators or brooders) and 1 other.

### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS code 8436.21?

National tariff lines under 8436.21 are live on border.bot for the United States (1 line, 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.

Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/843621.json