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Harmonized System 2022

HS Code 8461.40

Machine-tools; gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machines, working by removing metal, sintered metal carbides or cermets

US import duty 5.8%
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Chapter 84 — Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
Heading 8461 — Machine-tools; for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting and grinding, finishing, sawing, cutting off and other tools working by removing metal, sintered metal carbides or cermets n.e.c.

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What HS code 8461.40 covers

HS code 8461.40 classifies machine-tools; gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machines, working by removing metal, sintered metal carbides or cermets. It is a subheading of heading 8461 (Machine-tools; for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting and grinding, finishing, sawing, cutting off and other tools working by removing metal, sintered metal carbides or cermets n.e.c.), in chapter 84 (Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof), section XVI of the Harmonized System. These six digits are identical in every country that uses the HS.

Classification path

Section XVI
Chapter 84 Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
Heading 8461 Machine-tools; for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting and grinding, finishing, sawing, cutting off and other tools working by removing metal, sintered metal carbides or cermets n.e.c.
Subheading 8461.40 Machine-tools; gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machines, working by removing metal, sintered metal carbides or cermets

Import duty for 8461.40

United States 5.8%

Base MFN rate only. Section 301 and 2025 IEEPA tariffs can stack on top for goods from China.

Source: HTSUS / CBP

European Union Look up in TARIC

Erga-omnes (third-country) MFN rate. Import VAT of 17 to 27 percent by country, and any anti-dumping measures, apply separately.

Source: TARIC

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Related codes in heading 8461

Not quite the right fit? These subheadings sit under the same heading and are the most common alternatives to 8461.40.

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