What HS code 8421.29 covers
HS code 8421.29 classifies machinery; for filtering or purifying liquids, n.e.c. in item no. 8421.2. It is a subheading of heading 8421 (Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids or gases), 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
Import duty for 8421.29
Base MFN rate only. Section 301 and 2025 IEEPA tariffs can stack on top for goods from China.
Source: HTSUS / CBP
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 8421
Not quite the right fit? These subheadings sit under the same heading and are the most common alternatives to 8421.29.
- 8421.11 Centrifuges; cream separators
- 8421.12 Centrifuges; clothes-dryers
- 8421.19 Centrifuges; n.e.c. in heading no. 8421, including centrifugal dryers (but not clothes-dryers)
- 8421.21 Machinery; for filtering or purifying water
- 8421.22 Machinery; for filtering or purifying beverages other than water
- 8421.23 Machinery; filtering or purifying machinery, oil or petrol filters for internal combustion engines
- 8421.31 Machinery; intake air filters for internal combustion engines
- 8421.32 Machinery; catalytic converters or particulate filters, whether or not combined, for purifying or filtering exhaust gases from internal combustion engines
- 8421.39 Machinery; for filtering or purifying gases, other than intake air filters, catalytic converters or particulate filters for internal combustion engines
- 8421.91 Centrifuges; parts thereof, including parts for centrifugal dryers
- 8421.99 Machinery; parts for filtering or purifying liquids or gases
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