8442 50 00: Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)
✓ Can be used in a customs declarationData: EU Combined Nomenclature, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
8442 Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465) for preparing or making plates, cylinders or other printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished):
8442 50 00 Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)
What you pay
Importing into EU
Customs dutyFree standard rate depends on the country of origin
Y984 Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
N864 Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
Export measures 7
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
Restriction on exportSanctions regime: Iraq
All third countries
Regulation 1210/03
1 January 2017
Export authorizationSanctions regime: Syria
All third countries
Regulation 1332/13
1 January 2017
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: Non-government-controlled areas of Ukraine
Ukraine
Regulation 0263/22
25 August 2022
Export control on cultural goods
All third countries
Regulation 0116/09
1 January 2017
TARIC data as of 10 November 2026
Import VAT in the EU member states
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.
Austria20%
Belgium21%
Bulgaria20%
Croatia25%
Cyprus3% / 5% reduced rate
Czechia21%
Denmark25%
Estonia24%
Finland25.5%
France5.5% reduced rate
Germany19%
Greece24%
Hungary27%
Ireland23%
Italy22%
Latvia21%
Lithuania21%
Luxembourg17%
Malta18%
Netherlands21%
Poland23%
Portugal23%
Romania21%
Slovakia23%
Slovenia22%
Spain21%
Sweden25%
TEDB · 10 November 2026
EU: imports by month · HS 8442.50
last 12 months€62.2m-10.6% · previous 12 months
Average import price€8.55 per kg
Preferential rate0%
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)
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.
8442 50 00 · Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)
Natural lithographic stone consists of a kind of limestone with fine homogeneous grains. Artificial lithographic stone is usually made from cement and calcium carbonate which has been ground and compressed.
Lithographic stones of these subheadings are:
covered with illustrations, either hand drawn or photographically transferred; or
planed or grained so as to be rendered suitable, without further treatment, for drawings or writing.
Limestone (known as ‘lithographic stone’) in the crude state is excluded from these subheadings and falls in subheading 2530 90 00.
General notes to the chapter
NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF
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.
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
Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)
Free
—
2025
unchanged
Free
—
2024
unchanged
Free
—
2023
unchanged
Free
—
2022
unchanged
Free
—
2021
unchanged
Free
—
2020
unchanged
Free
—
2019
Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)
Free
—
Code history
Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 8442 50 20, 8442 50 80.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 8442 50 00 is one of 1 line under subheading 8442.50, plates, cylinders and other printing components.
The third-country duty is free, and quantities are declared in —.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the EU imported goods of subheading 8442.50 worth €62.2m (down 11% on the year before), at an average of €8.55 per kg; Switzerland supplied 29%, followed by China.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the Türkiye duty is 1.7%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–15%, the Brazil duty is 20%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
EU member states imported goods of subheading 8442.50 worth US$286m in 2024; the largest supplier from outside the EU was Switzerland, and the United Kingdom ranked 2nd with US$7m.
Questions and answers
What is the EU import duty for CN code 8442 50 00?
The third-country duty in the EU Combined Nomenclature is free; the supplementary unit is —. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Where does the EU import these goods from?
For subheading 8442.50 as a whole, the largest supplier from outside the EU in 2024 was Switzerland (US$25m), followed by the United Kingdom.
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EU Combined Nomenclature · CN code · 
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China
Türkiye
United Kingdom
United States
Russia
Malaysia
Kazakhstan
Canada
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Argentina
Peru
New Zealand
Japan
Taiwan
GCC
Norway
North Macedonia
Nigeria