EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · HS 8409.91
Petrol engine parts
Not declarable on its own: use one of its 13 subdivisions Data: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
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| 8409 91 00 28 | Carburetor with: -2 mounting holes with a diameter of 31 mm, -a choke bore diameter of 18 mm or more, but not more than 19,05 mm for use in the manufacture of a two-stroke engine grass trimmer |
| 8409 91 00 33 | Camshaft carrier for a spark-ignition piston internal combustion engine, made of ADC12 aluminium alloy, with: -a weight of 4,0 kg or more but not more than 5,5 kg, -a wall thickness of 2,0 mm or more but not more than 6,0 mm, for use in the manufacture of motor vehicle engines |
| 8409 91 00 35 | Fuel distribution pipe complete consisting of rail pipe, high pressure sensor and injectors for direct gasoline fuel injection with: -an operating pressure of not more than 22,5 MPa, -solenoid direct injector, -analog pressure sensor for not more than 22,5 MPa |
| 8409 91 00 38 | Crankcase for 4-cylinder spark-ignition piston internal combustion engine, made of ADC12 aluminium alloy, for use in the manufacture of motor vehicle engines |
| 8409 91 00 40 | Fuel injector with solenoid valve for optimized atomization in the combustion chamber for use in the manufacture of spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines of motor vehicles |
| 8409 91 00 45 | Metal alloy intake and exhaust valve, with a Rockwell hardness HRC 20 or more, for use in the manufacture of spark or compression ignition engines of motor vehicles |
| 8409 91 00 50 | Exhaust manifold with turbine housing of turbochargers, with a hole to insert a turbine wheel, whereby the hole has a diameter of 28mm or more, but not more than 181mm |
| 8409 91 00 55 | Nozzle body for the regulation of angle and distribution of fuel injection: -of a cylindrical shape, -made of stainless steel, -with 4 or more, but not more than 16 holes, -with a flow rate of 100 cm³/minute or more, but not more than 500 cm³/minute |
| 8409 91 00 63 | Cylinder head blank for a four cylinder engine with 10 cores, made of aluminium alloy EN AC-45500, with: - no other components, - a hardness of 90HB or more, - casting defects size of not more than 0,4 mm and not more than 10 defects per cm², - a dendrite arm space in combustion chamber of not more than 25 μm, - a double deck water jacket design, - a weight of 14 kg or more but not more than 19 kg, - a length of 460 mm or more but not more than 510 mm, - a height of 260 mm or more but not more than 286 mm and - a width of 140 mm or more but not more than 150 mm |
| 8409 91 00 75 | Housing of fuel injection valve for generating an electromagnetic field to actuate the injection valve with: -an inlet diameter of 2 mm or more, but not more than 10 mm, -an outlet diameter of 2 mm or more, but not more than 10 mm, -an electric coil with a resistance of 10 Ω or more, but not more than 15 Ω, which ends in an electrical connection, -a plastic covering moulded around a stainless steel tube |
| 8409 91 00 80 | Nozzle needle for opening and closing the flow of fuel in the engine, with: -2 holes, -4 grooves, -a diameter of 3 mm or more, but not more than 6 mm, -a length of 25 mm or more, but not more than 35 mm, -made of stainless steel with hard-chrome plating |
| 8409 91 00 83 | Connecting rod for connecting pistons to the crankshaft of a passenger car engine: • made of an alloy containing 96 % steel and the remainder being titanium, vanadium, aluminium, chromium, nickel, copper, phosphorus, silicon, sulphur, manganese, • with two connecting rod bolts, • with a bushing, • of a length of 120 mm or more but not more than 160 mm, • with a surface roughness corresponding to ISO 4287-1997, for use in the manufacture of spark ignition motor vehicle engines |
| 8409 91 00 90 | Other |
| Order number | Origin | In-quota duty | Period | Volume | Balance | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.2029 | ERGA OMNES | Free | 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026 | 200,000 Number of items | 165,819 Number of items | Critical |
| 09.2035 | ERGA OMNES | Free | 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026 | 570,000 Number of items | 570,000 Number of items | Critical |
Balances from the Commission’s weekly quota report of 23 October 2026.
Prohibitions, licences, controls and sanctions that apply when these goods leave the EU.
| Export measures | Destination | Legal act | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export prohibitionSanctions regime: North Korea | North Korea | Regulation 0285/18 | 28 February 2018 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Belarus | Belarus | Regulation 0765/06 | 1 July 2024 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Crimea and Sevastopol | Ukraine | Regulation 0692/14 | 25 February 2025 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Russia | Russia | Regulation 0833/14 | 27 September 2024 |
| Export control on luxury goodsSanctions regime: North Korea | North Korea | Regulation 2062/17 | 28 June 2018 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Non-government-controlled areas of Ukraine | Ukraine | Regulation 0263/22 | 25 August 2022 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Russia | Russia | Regulation 0833/14 | 24 June 2023 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Belarus | Belarus | Regulation 0765/06 | 25 February 2025 |
| Export controlSanctions regime: Iran | Iran | Regulation 0267/12 | 30 September 2025 |
TARIC data as of 25 October 2026
The rate each member state applies to goods of this code, from the Commission’s Taxes in Europe Database. A reduced rate can cover only part of the goods under a code: check the national VAT law.
Austria 20% 
Belgium 21% 
Bulgaria 20% 
Croatia 25% 
Cyprus 3% / 5% reduced rate 
Czechia 21% 
Denmark 25% 
Estonia 24% 
Finland 25.5% 
France 20% 
Germany 19% 
Greece 24% 
Hungary 27% 
Ireland 23% 
Italy 22% 
Latvia 21% 
Lithuania 21% 
Luxembourg 17% 
Malta 18% 
Netherlands 21% 
Poland 23% 
Portugal 23% 
Romania 21% 
Slovakia 23% 
Slovenia 22% 
Spain 21% 
Sweden 25% TEDB · 25 October 2026
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 2.7% |
| GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms) | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 42 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Antarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao and 8 moreAntarctica, Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands, Curaçao, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Greenland, New Caledonia, Sint Maarten, St Barthélemy, St Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna | Free |
| GSP - General arrangements | Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Indonesia, Kenya and 6 moreCongo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Indonesia, Kenya, Micronesia, Nigeria, Niue, Syria, Tajikistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance) | Bolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and 4 moreBolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| Mercosur | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia | Free |
| EEA - European Economic Area | Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| EU–Andorra customs union | Andorra | Free |
| EU–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| EU–Bosnia & Herzegovina agreement | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Free |
| EU–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| EU–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| EU–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| EU–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| EU–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| EU–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| EU–Algeria agreement | Algeria | Free |
| EU–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| EU–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| Preferential origin in accordance with the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part. | Western Sahara | Free |
| EU–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| EU–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| EU–United Kingdom agreement | United Kingdom | Free |
| EU–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| EU–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| EU–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| EU–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| EU–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| EU–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| EU–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| EU–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| EU–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| EU–Montenegro agreement | Montenegro | Free |
| EU–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| EU–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| EU–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| EU–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| EU–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| EU–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| EU–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| EU–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| EU–San Marino customs union | San Marino | Free |
| EU–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| EU–Türkiye customs union | Türkiye | Free |
| EU–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| EU–United States agreement | United States | Free |
| EU–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| EU–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| EU–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| EU–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 China | €638.2m | 27.1% | +4% |
 Türkiye | €488.6m | 20.8% | -11.7% |
 Japan | €171.5m | 7.3% | -14.7% |
 United States | €165.8m | 7.1% | -12.1% |
 Mexico | €150.9m | 6.4% | -5.7% |
 United Kingdom | €149m | 6.3% | -39% |
 South Korea | €122.9m | 5.2% | -69.7% |
 Brazil | €80m | 3.4% | -2.3% |
UK 2% Third-country duty 13 tariff lines Türkiye 2.7% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines USA Free – 2.5% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 2% 
Canada Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines Mexico Free – 5% Third-country duty 19 tariff lines · average 0.5% Brazil Free – 16% Third-country duty 12 tariff lines · average 14.7% 
Argentina Free – 16% Third-country duty 15 tariff lines · average 14.9% 
Peru Free Third-country duty 10 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 24 tariff lines · average 3.3% Japan Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Taiwan Free – 15% Third-country duty 13 tariff lines · average 8% 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 8% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 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.
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An exhaust manifold with turbine housing for turbochargers. It is made of SiMo spheroidal graphite cast iron. The component is for use with spark- ignition internal combustion piston engines. The component has a heat-resistance of not more than 1,050°C and has a hole to insert a turbine wheel,…
26 rulings in total for this code
1. For the purposes of subheadings 840710 and 840910, the expression ‘aircraft engines’ shall apply only to engines designed for fitting with an airscrew or rotor.
2. Subheading 84717030 shall also apply to CD-ROM drives, being storage units for automatic data-processing machines, which consist of drive units designed for retrieving the signals from CD-ROMs, audio CDs and photo CDs and equipped with a jack for earphones, a volume-control button or a start/stop button.
The European Commission's explanatory notes on how to classify goods in these CN codes. They are not legally binding but customs authorities follow them; they complement the HS Explanatory Notes of the World Customs Organization.
In addition to the exclusions referred to in the HS Explanatory Note to heading 8409, the following are also excluded from this heading:
(a) piping and tubing, of unhardened vulcanised rubber (heading 4009);
(b) flexible tubing and piping, of base metal (heading 8307);
(c) gaskets and similar joints (generally, classified according to their constituent material or in heading 8484).
General
For the purposes of subheadings 8407 34 10, 8407 90 50 and 8408 20 10, ‘for the industrial assembly’ applies only to the series-assembly of new vehicles in factories which manufacture or assemble motor vehicles (including subcontractors).
These subheadings can be applied only to engines actually used in the production of new vehicles of the kinds referred to in the subheadings. Consequently, they do not cover similar engines used as spare parts.
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union, Official Journal C (consolidated text and later amendments) · © European Union
The Combined Nomenclature of each year, as published in the Official Journal: description, third-country duty and supplementary unit.
| Year | Description | Third-country duty | Supplementary unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines | 2.7% | — |
| 2025 | unchanged | 2.7% | — |
| 2024 | unchanged | 2.7% | — |
| 2023 | unchanged | 2.7% | — |
| 2022 | unchanged | 2.7% | — |
| 2021 | unchanged | 2.7% | — |
| 2020 | unchanged | 2.7% | — |
| 2019 | Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines | 2.7% | — |
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 8409 91 00 is one of 1 line under subheading 8409.91, suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion….
The third-country duty is 2.7%, and quantities are declared in —.
Goods from 152 countries can enter the EU at a preferential rate instead of the standard 2.7%; 152 of them pay no duty at all, for example under GSP-EBA or CARIFORUM.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the EU imported petrol engine parts (HS 8409.91) worth €2.4bn (down 17% on the year before), at an average of €18.64 per kg; China supplied 27%, followed by Türkiye.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 2%, the Türkiye duty is 2.7%, the US duty is 0%–2.5%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–5%, the Brazil duty is 0%–16%, the Argentina duty is 0%–16%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 0%–15%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 8% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 8409.91 worth US$11bn in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was China, and the United Kingdom ranked 4th with US$280m.
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is 2.7%; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
152 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 152 of them at 0%, under GSP-EBA, CARIFORUM and OCTs and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.
For subheading 8409.91 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was China (US$842m), followed by Türkiye.