Subheading · Section XVI
8409.91: Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines
- 2%UK
- 2.7%EU
- 40%Türkiye
- 0%–2.5%USA
- US$33.8bnWorld trade in 2024
8409.91 is a six-digit subheading of heading 8409, parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407…, chapter 84.
In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 8409.91 covers 13 tariff lines and the duty is 2%.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 8409.91; the duty is 2.7%.
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, subheading 8409.91 covers 9 tariff lines and the statutory rate is 40%.
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States divides subheading 8409.91 into 5 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 2.5% (average 2%). 1 of them is duty-free.
World trade in these goods reached US$33.8bn in 2024, up 1.2% on 2023.
Germany was the largest exporter with 16.7% of the total, ahead of China.
The United States imported the most (US$7.3bn).
The United Kingdom ranked 17th among 204 exporters with US$427.1m; its largest buyer was Romania.
The United Kingdom imported US$1.3bn, most of it from Germany.
Duty rates compared
The Turkish schedule prints the statutory rate set under Customs Law 474. The rate applied at import is laid down in the Import Regime Decision and can be lower, or different by country of origin.
UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 8409 91 00 00 Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines 2%
- 8409 91 00 28 Carburetor with :<br>-2 mounting holes with a diameter of 31 mm,<br>-a choke bore diameter of 18 mm or more, but not more than 19.05 mm<br>for use in the manufacture of a two-stroke engine grass trimmer 2%
- 8409 91 00 33 Camshaft carrier for a spark-ignition piston internal combustion engine, made of adc12 aluminium alloy, with:<br>-a weight of 4.0 kg or more but not more than 5.5 kg,<br>-a wall thickness of 2.0 mm or more but not more than 6.0 mm,<br>for use in the manufacture of motor vehicle engines 2%
- 8409 91 00 35 Fuel distribution pipe complete consisting of rail pipe, high pressure sensor and injectors for direct gasoline fuel injection with:<br>-an operating pressure of not more than 22.5 mpa,<br>-solenoid direct injector,<br>-analog pressure sensor for not more than 22.5 mpa 2%
- 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 2%
- 8409 91 00 40 Fuel injector with solenoid valve for optimised atomisation in the combustion chamber for use in the manufacture of spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines of motor vehicles 2%
- 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 2%
- 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<br/> 2%
- 8409 91 00 55 Nozzle body for the regulation of angle and distribution of fuel injection:<br>-of a cylindrical shape,<br>-made of stainless steel,<br>-with 4 or more, but not more than 16 holes,<br>-with a flow rate of 100 cm³/minute or more, but not more than 500 cm³/minute<br> 2%
- 8409 91 00 63 Cylinder head blank for a four cylinder engine with 10 cores, made of aluminium alloy en ac-45500, with:<br>- no other components,<br>- a hardness of 90hb or more,<br>- casting defects size of not more than 0.4 mm and not more than 10 defects per cm²,<br>- a dendrite arm space in combustion chamber of not more than 25 μm,<br>- a double deck water jacket design,<br>- a weight of 14 kg or more but not more than 19 kg,<br>- a length of 460 mm or more but not more than 510 mm,<br>- a height of 260 mm or more but not more than 286 mm and<br>- a width of 140 mm or more but not more than 150 mm 2%
- 8409 91 00 75 Housing of fuel injection valve for generating an electromagnetic field to actuate the injection valve with:<br>-an inlet diameter of 2 mm or more, but not more than 10 mm,<br>-an outlet diameter of 2 mm or more, but not more than 10 mm,<br>-an electric coil with a resistance of 10 ω or more, but not more than 15 ω, which ends in an electrical connection,<br>-a plastic covering moulded around a stainless steel tube<br> 2%
- 8409 91 00 80 Nozzle needle for opening and closing the flow of fuel in the engine, with:<br>-2 holes,<br>-4 grooves,<br>-a diameter of 3 mm or more, but not more than 6 mm,<br>-a length of 25 mm or more, but not more than 35 mm,<br>-made of stainless steel with hard-chrome plating<br> 2%
- 8409 91 00 83 Connecting rod for connecting pistons to the crankshaft of a passenger car engine: <br>• made of an alloy containing 96% steel and the remainder being titanium, vanadium, aluminium, chromium, nickel, copper, phosphorus, silicon, sulphur, manganese,<br>• with two connecting rod bolts,<br>• with a bushing,<br>• of a length of 120 mm or more but not more than 160 mm,<br>• with a surface roughness corresponding to iso 4287-1997,<br>for use in the manufacture of spark ignition motor vehicle engines<br> 2%
- 8409 91 00 90 Other 2%
EU Combined Nomenclature
EU lines →- 8409 91 00 Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines 2.7%—
Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule
Türkiye lines →This line has no official text in this language; it is shown in the language of its tariff.
- 8409.91 Sadece veya esas itibariyle kıvılcım ile ateşlemeli içten yanmalı pistonlu motorlar için olanlar
- 8409.91.00.00.11 Aluminyumdan silindir kapakları 40%
- 8409.91.00.00.12 Pistonlar 40%
- 8409.91.00.00.13 Segmanlar 40%
- 8409.91.00.00.14 Silindir gömlekleri 40%
- 8409.91.00.00.15 Sübaplar 40%
- 8409.91.00.00.16 Enjektörler 40%
- 8409.91.00.00.17 Biyeller 40%
- Diğerleri:
- 8409.91.00.00.31 Metal dökümden olanlar 40%
- 8409.91.00.00.39 Diğerleri 40%
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
USA lines →- 8409.91 Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines (including rotary engines):
- 8409.91.10 Cast-iron parts, not advanced beyond cleaning, and machined only for the removal of fins, gates, sprues and risers or to permit location in finishing machinery Free
- 8409.91.10.40 For vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29, or heading 8702, 8703 or 8704 kg
- 8409.91.10.60 For marine propulsion engines kg
- 8409.91.10.80 Other kg
- Other:
- To be installed in vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29, or heading 8702, 8703 or 8704:
- 8409.91.30.00 Aluminum cylinder heads 2.5%No., kg
- 8409.91.50 Other 2.5%
- 8409.91.50.10 Connecting rods No., kg
- 8409.91.50.81 Steel forgings kg
- 8409.91.50.85 Other kg, No.
- 8409.91.92 For marine propulsion engines 2.5%
- 8409.91.92.10 Connecting rods No., kg
- 8409.91.92.90 Other kg
- 8409.91.99 Other 2.5%
- 8409.91.99.10 Connecting rods No., kg
- 8409.91.99.90 Other kg
Special: reduced rates under trade agreements and preference programmes; the letters in brackets name the programmes (for example AU = Australia FTA, KR = Korea FTA).
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$92.1kUS$92.1k+US$7.9m+US$267.4m+> US$1.3bn
Exports: 204
- Germany: US$5.7bn
- China: US$4.8bn
- Mexico: US$3.8bn
- Japan: US$3.6bn
- United States: US$3bn
- South Korea: US$1.6bn
- Poland: US$1.3bn
- Italy: US$1.1bn
- Türkiye: US$767.7m
- Thailand: US$692.7m
- France: US$660.5m
- Czechia: US$635.8m
- Canada: US$602.4m
- Austria: US$550m
- Hungary: US$529.5m
- India: US$489.5m
- United Kingdom: US$427.1m
- Spain: US$368m
- Romania: US$319.5m
- Indonesia: US$309.6m
- Vietnam: US$267.4m
- Brazil: US$245.6m
- Slovakia: US$225.7m
- Portugal: US$200.1m
- Taiwan: US$179.1m
- Netherlands: US$154.2m
- Morocco: US$122.8m
- Slovenia: US$95.1m
- Switzerland: US$91.2m
- Bulgaria: US$77.2m
- Philippines: US$74.2m
- Belgium: US$71.2m
- Serbia: US$68.6m
- Sweden: US$65m
- Kuwait: US$60.2m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$58.8m
- Singapore: US$55.4m
- Argentina: US$43.7m
- South Africa: US$41.4m
- Australia: US$37.4m
- Finland: US$30m
- Malaysia: US$26.9m
- Luxembourg: US$18.1m
- Tunisia: US$17.8m
- Denmark: US$13.7m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$12.8m
- Bahrain: US$10.1m
- United Arab Emirates: US$9.6m
- Croatia: US$9.5m
- Latvia: US$9m
- Malta: US$7.9m
- Lithuania: US$7.4m
- Greece: US$5.9m
- Russia: US$5.7m
- Norway: US$5.7m
- Kazakhstan: US$4.9m
- Ireland: US$4.8m
- Colombia: US$3.4m
- New Zealand: US$3.1m
- Belarus: US$2.9m
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$4.7mUS$4.7m+US$30.1m+US$318m+> US$1.3bn
Imports: 222
- United States: US$7.3bn
- Mexico: US$2.7bn
- Germany: US$2.6bn
- Canada: US$1.7bn
- China: US$1.6bn
- United Kingdom: US$1.3bn
- Hungary: US$1.3bn
- Poland: US$1.3bn
- Japan: US$1.1bn
- Austria: US$1.1bn
- Brazil: US$816.2m
- Italy: US$797.7m
- Slovakia: US$676.9m
- South Korea: US$640.5m
- Spain: US$619.3m
- India: US$613.6m
- France: US$564.4m
- Thailand: US$543.4m
- Czechia: US$506.3m
- Türkiye: US$467.4m
- Romania: US$414.2m
- Indonesia: US$405.8m
- United Arab Emirates: US$318m
- Sweden: US$311.6m
- Russia: US$295.6m
- Malaysia: US$264.5m
- Vietnam: US$247.2m
- Netherlands: US$238.4m
- Belgium: US$148.4m
- Singapore: US$148.2m
- Uzbekistan: US$131m
- Portugal: US$130.2m
- Australia: US$119m
- Kazakhstan: US$114.4m
- Morocco: US$101.5m
- South Africa: US$94.3m
- Colombia: US$81.5m
- Saudi Arabia: US$81.1m
- Taiwan: US$80m
- Pakistan: US$69.2m
- Nigeria: US$65.7m
- Iran: US$65.4m
- Egypt: US$64.5m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$62.4m
- Argentina: US$61.4m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$57.7m
- Peru: US$57.7m
- Algeria: US$53.6m
- Switzerland: US$48.5m
- Bangladesh: US$45.8m
- Ecuador: US$42.5m
- Ukraine: US$40.2m
- Iraq: US$35.8m
- Bulgaria: US$35.7m
- Finland: US$33.3m
- Denmark: US$30.1m
- Guatemala: US$29.7m
- Philippines: US$29.3m
- Ghana: US$28.4m
- New Zealand: US$27.4m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$5.7bn | 16.7% | |
| 2 | US$4.8bn | 14.3% | |
| 3 | US$3.8bn | 11.4% | |
| 4 | US$3.6bn | 10.6% | |
| 5 | US$3bn | 8.9% | |
| 6 | US$1.6bn | 4.9% | |
| 7 | US$1.3bn | 3.7% | |
| 8 | US$1.1bn | 3.4% | |
| 9 | US$767.7m | 2.3% | |
| 10 | US$692.7m | 2.1% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$7.3bn | 21.7% | |
| 2 | US$2.7bn | 8.1% | |
| 3 | US$2.6bn | 7.7% | |
| 4 | US$1.7bn | 5.1% | |
| 5 | US$1.6bn | 4.9% | |
| 6 | US$1.3bn | 3.9% | |
| 7 | US$1.3bn | 3.9% | |
| 8 | US$1.3bn | 3.7% | |
| 9 | US$1.1bn | 3.2% | |
| 10 | US$1.1bn | 3.1% |
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines?
Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines fall under HS subheading 8409.91, part of heading 8409, in section XVI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on suitable for use solely or principally with… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 8409.91 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 2%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on suitable for use solely or principally with… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 8409.91 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 2.7%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most suitable for use solely or principally with…?
Germany, with US$5.7bn in 2024 (16.7% of world exports).