GCC Common Customs Tariff · HS code · HS 8475.21
8475.21.00.00.00: Machines for making optical fibers & preforms thereof.
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: GCC Common Customs Tariff, in force from 1 January 2025 · checked on 24 October 2026
What you pay
Importing into GCC
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
8475.21 Machines for making optical fibres and preforms thereof
Legal notes
HS code 8475.21.00.00.00 is a line of the GCC Common Customs Tariff under HS subheading 8475.21 (machines for making optical fibres and preforms thereof).
The customs duty is 5%, and quantities are declared in Pieces/Units.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is 1.7%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is free, 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 Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
The GCC states imported goods of subheading 8475.21 worth US$270k in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the GCC import duty for HS code 8475.21.00.00.00?
The customs duty in the GCC Common Customs Tariff is 5%; the supplementary unit is Pieces/Units. 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.
Typical products
- machines for glass bulb blowing
- machines for making continuous glass yarn for weaving
- machines for making glass beads
- machines for making glass fibre or filaments
- machines for making glass wadding
- machines for the manufacture of floatglass
- presses for moulding various glass articles
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.