Customs Tariff of Canada · tariff item · HS 8483.40

8483.40.00.22

8483.40.00.22: Gears and gearboxes (machinery): Multiple and variable ratio speed changers, each ratio of which is selected by manual manipulation

Gears and gearboxes (machinery)

✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff of Canada, in force from 11 September 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026

  1. 8483 Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters; flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks; clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints).
  2. 8483.40.00 Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters
  3. 8483.40.00.2 Gear boxes and other speed changers:
  4. 8483.40.00.22 Multiple and variable ratio speed changers, each ratio of which is selected by manual manipulation

What you pay

Importing into Canada

Customs duty Free standard rate depends on the country of origin

Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.

Same subheading in other tariffs

8483.40 Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other transmission elements presented separately; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters

UK Free Third-country duty 24 tariff lines EU 3.7% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines Türkiye Free – 3.7% Third-country duty 18 tariff lines · average 2.1% USA Free – 3.8% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 1.8% · 1× specific or compound duty Mexico Free General (MFN) 8 tariff lines Brazil 12.6% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Argentina 12.6% General (MFN) 9 tariff lines Peru Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 6 tariff lines · average 3% · 1× specific or compound duty Japan Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Taiwan 2.5% – 10% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 5.4% GCC 5% General (MFN) 7 tariff lines Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines North Macedonia 3.7% – 8% General (MFN) 8 tariff lines · average 6.1% Nigeria 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

Canada lines: 8483.40

Binding rulings for similar goods

Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.

  • N361005 U.S. CBP 20 May 2026 · 8483.40.50.10

    The tariff classification and country of origin of a harmonic planetary reducer

  • N355530 U.S. CBP 19 November 2025 · 8483.40.50.10

    The tariff classification of a gearbox from Japan

  • N348906 U.S. CBP 4 June 2025 · 8483.40.90.00

    The classification and country of origin of worm gear operators

  • N349379 U.S. CBP 4 June 2025 · 8483.40.90.00

    The classification and country of origin of worm gear operators

  • 600015015 HMRC 19 March 2026 – 18 March 2029 · 8483 40 51 90

    The product is driven by a hydraulic or electric motor (not part of assembly), can be used in i forklift truck, winch drives, and a wide range of rotating machinery. Made from cast iron and steel housing and certain internal components/alloy steel case hardened internal gears and bearing/rubber…

  • 600013530 HMRC 19 September 2025 – 18 September 2028 · 8483 40 51 90

    A Gearbox assembly. The assembly is made from multiple components including a torque synchro servomotor, a control transformer synchro and a set of reduction gears in a stainless steel housing. Stainless steel fixings (screws, washers etc), wiring, electrical connectors and synchro motors are also…

  • 600010192 HMRC 17 May 2024 – 16 May 2027 · 8483 40 51 90

    The Directing Gear is a part the Synchronous Drive used with Sonar Type 2008; An underwater telephone fitted to both surface and submarine vessels. Directing Gear (DG) is an assembly comprising: a gearbox, which mechanically couples the gearbox motor to various synchros and the main shaft. The…

13 rulings in total for this code

Legal notes

Chapter notes: Chapter 84 →

In the Customs Tariff of Canada, 8483.40.00.22 is one of 7 lines under subheading 8483.40, gears and gearing.

The MFN tariff rate is free.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 3.7%, the Türkiye duty is 0%–3.7%, the US duty is 0%–3.8%, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 12.6%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 2.5%–10%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 3.7%–8% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.

Canada imported goods of subheading 8483.40 worth US$1bn in 2024; the largest supplier was the United States.

Questions and answers

What is the Canada import duty for tariff item 8483.40.00.22?

The MFN tariff rate in the Customs Tariff of Canada is free. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.

Where does Canada import these goods from?

For subheading 8483.40 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was the United States (US$593m), followed by Japan.

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