8414.70: Gas-tight biological safety cabinets

1. 8414 70 00 00 Gas-tight biological safety cabinets Freep/st

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£616k-89.3% · previous 12 months

Average import price£56.85 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Germany	£289k	47%	+658.2%
United States	£206k	33.5%	+67.3%
Italy	£62k	10.1%	-98.9%
United Kingdom	£30k	4.9%	—
Austria	£7k	1.1%	+568.4%
China	£7k	1.1%	-63.2%
Poland	£5k	0.9%	—
Netherlands	£4k	0.7%	-70.5%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 2.2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 2.2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Mexico Free – 10% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 5% Brazil 12.6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 12.6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Peru Free – 11% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 5.5% New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 2.5% Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Taiwan 4% General (MFN) 1 tariff line GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Italy	US$52m	42.7%
2	United States	US$12m	9.4%
3	China	US$9m	7.6%
4	Germany	US$8m	6.8%
5	Netherlands	US$5m	3.7%
6	Poland	US$4m	3.3%
7	France	US$4m	3.2%
8	Sweden	US$3m	2.4%
9	Singapore	US$3m	2.2%
10	Lithuania	US$2m	2%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$33m	27.1%
2	France	US$7m	5.9%
3	India	US$5m	4.1%
4	Germany	US$5m	3.7%
5	Saudi Arabia	US$4m	3.5%
6	Israel	US$4m	3.3%
7	Canada	US$4m	3.3%
8	Switzerland	US$4m	3.2%
9	Greece	US$4m	3.1%
10	Mexico	US$3m	2.8%

Import duty on this product around the world 92

The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.

• 5%median duty
• 20number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 45%highest: Bahamas, Algeria, Bermuda

92

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Albania	2%		2023
Algeria	30%		2023
Armenia	0%		2023
Australia	3.3%	0% – 5%	2023
Bahamas	45%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Belize	5%		2023
Benin	20%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bosnia & Herzegovina	10%		2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Burkina Faso	20%		2023
Burundi	25%		2023
Cameroon	20%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Central African Republic	20%		2023
Chad	20%		2023
China	7.5%	7% – 8%	2023
Congo - Brazzaville	20%		2023
Costa Rica	4.5%	0% – 9%	2023
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
El Salvador	5%	0% – 10%	2022
Equatorial Guinea	20%		2023
Eswatini	0%		2023
European Union (27 countries)	2.2%		2023
Fiji	0%		2023
French Polynesia	6%		2023
Gabon	20%		2023
Gambia	20%		2023
Ghana	20%		2023
Guatemala	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Guinea	20%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	20%		2023
Honduras	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	7.5%		2023
Indonesia	10%	5% – 15%	2023
Jamaica	5%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	5%		2023
Kazakhstan	0%		2023
Kenya	25%		2023
Kuwait	5%		2023
Lesotho	0%		2023
Liberia	20%		2023
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	20%		2023
Malaysia	10%	0% – 20%	2023
Maldives	20%		2023
Mali	20%		2023
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mongolia	5%		2023
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	7.5%		2023
Namibia	0%		2023
Nepal	15%		2023
New Zealand	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Nicaragua	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Niger	20%		2023
Nigeria	20%		2023
North Macedonia	10%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	16%		2023
Panama	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Philippines	4%	1% – 7%	2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Rwanda	25%		2023
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	20%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	20%		2023
South Africa	0%		2023
South Korea	8%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	5%		2023
St Vincent & the Grenadines	5%		2023
Switzerland	0.6%*		2023
Tanzania	25%		2023
Thailand	10%		2023
Togo	20%		2023
Türkiye	2.2%		2023
Uganda	25%		2023
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	0%		2023
Vanuatu	5%		2023
Vietnam	10%	5% – 15%	2023
Zambia	15%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.2%		2023

Tariff data years 2022–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)

Classifications and correspondences

Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.

SITC Rev. 4

74369 Filtering/purifying machinery & apparatus for gases, n.e.s.

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Consumption goods · BEC 313202

CPC 2.1 product

44815 Fans and ventilating or recycling hoods of the domestic type

43230 Air or vacuum pumps; air or other gas compressors

43914 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases, except oil filters, petrol filters and air intake filters for internal combustion engines

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2750 Manufacture of domestic appliances

2813 Manufacture of other pumps, compressors, taps and valves

2819 Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Recent rule changes mentioning this code

Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.

1. Sanctions 19 May 2026 · Applies from: 20 May 2026

   The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

   S.I. 2026/543 · Source: legislation.gov.uk

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Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 8414.60, 8414.80, 8421.39.

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