Subheading · Chapter 84 · Heading 8451
8451.21: Each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg
Clothes dryers up to 10 kg
8451.21 is the HS subheading for clothes dryers up to 10 kg, under heading 8451 in chapter 84.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 8451 21 00 00 Each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg 2%
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 2
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 376
- Documents
- 9008
- Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1431
- Documents
- C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)
Import requirements 3
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Ukraine
- Legal act
- S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on luxury goods
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Documents
- Y945 Travellers' personal effects or goods of a non-commercial nature for travellers' personal use contained in their luggage (Art 10.2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
- Y946 Goods necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States in the DPRK or international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, or to the personal effects of their staff (Art 10.3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
- Y948 Goods other than those described in Annex VIII (Luxury goods) of Reg. (EU) 2017/1509
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 2% |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 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, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | 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) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £144.3m | 60.5% | +9.9% | |
| £48.8m | 20.5% | +4.1% | |
| £27m | 11.3% | -29.7% | |
| £11.4m | 4.8% | +0.9% | |
| £1.9m | 0.8% | -17.7% | |
| £1.4m | 0.6% | +21.4% | |
| £1m | 0.4% | +46.2% | |
| £660k | 0.3% | +14.5% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$278kUS$278k+US$4m+US$55m+> US$594m
Exports: 99
- Poland: US$1.1bn
- China: US$643m
- Türkiye: US$594m
- Mexico: US$384m
- Czechia: US$309m
- Germany: US$231m
- South Korea: US$156m
- Slovenia: US$71m
- Thailand: US$68m
- Sweden: US$55m
- Netherlands: US$53m
- United States: US$28m
- Italy: US$17m
- Belgium: US$15m
- United Kingdom: US$15m
- United Arab Emirates: US$14m
- Spain: US$13m
- France: US$8m
- Slovakia: US$7m
- Switzerland: US$6m
- Singapore: US$6m
- Armenia: US$5m
- Austria: US$4m
- Denmark: US$4m
- Japan: US$4m
- Greece: US$3m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$3m
- Croatia: US$3m
- Hungary: US$3m
- Lithuania: US$2m
- Estonia: US$2m
- Luxembourg: US$2m
- Latvia: US$2m
- Romania: US$2m
- Russia: US$2m
- Kazakhstan: US$2m
- South Africa: US$1m
- Brazil: US$994k
- Bulgaria: US$932k
- Ukraine: US$783k
- Serbia: US$694k
- Ireland: US$674k
- Malaysia: US$561k
- Finland: US$490k
- Norway: US$463k
- New Zealand: US$420k
- Australia: US$359k
- Cyprus: US$335k
- Portugal: US$278k
- Vietnam: US$154k
- Canada: US$78k
- Jordan: US$72k
- North Macedonia: US$68k
- Argentina: US$66k
- North Korea: US$64k
- India: US$61k
- Indonesia: US$34k
- Chile: US$29k
- Taiwan: US$26k
- Uzbekistan: US$25k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$245kUS$245k+US$7m+US$40m+> US$165m
Imports: 207
- Germany: US$629m
- United States: US$450m
- United Kingdom: US$271m
- Türkiye: US$188m
- Netherlands: US$181m
- France: US$179m
- Italy: US$165m
- Australia: US$134m
- Belgium: US$106m
- Russia: US$101m
- Sweden: US$99m
- Spain: US$92m
- Poland: US$92m
- China: US$66m
- Israel: US$65m
- Switzerland: US$58m
- Czechia: US$58m
- Denmark: US$53m
- Romania: US$52m
- Austria: US$50m
- Canada: US$40m
- Norway: US$39m
- Vietnam: US$34m
- Chile: US$28m
- Hungary: US$28m
- Portugal: US$28m
- Slovakia: US$28m
- Ireland: US$27m
- Bulgaria: US$27m
- Greece: US$25m
- Croatia: US$25m
- New Zealand: US$22m
- South Korea: US$21m
- Slovenia: US$20m
- Malaysia: US$17m
- Saudi Arabia: US$17m
- Finland: US$16m
- Belarus: US$16m
- Ukraine: US$15m
- Serbia: US$15m
- United Arab Emirates: US$13m
- Kazakhstan: US$13m
- Singapore: US$13m
- Taiwan: US$11m
- Thailand: US$11m
- Japan: US$10m
- South Africa: US$10m
- Lithuania: US$10m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$10m
- Luxembourg: US$9m
- Moldova: US$8m
- Latvia: US$7m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$6m
- Kuwait: US$6m
- Armenia: US$5m
- North Macedonia: US$5m
- Jordan: US$5m
- Estonia: US$5m
- Iceland: US$5m
- India: US$5m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$1.1bn | 28.2% | |
| 2 | US$643m | 16.8% | |
| 3 | US$594m | 15.5% | |
| 4 | US$384m | 10% | |
| 5 | US$309m | 8.1% | |
| 6 | US$231m | 6% | |
| 7 | US$156m | 4.1% | |
| 8 | US$71m | 1.9% | |
| 9 | US$68m | 1.8% | |
| 10 | US$55m | 1.4% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$629m | 16.4% | |
| 2 | US$450m | 11.8% | |
| 3 | US$271m | 7.1% | |
| 4 | US$188m | 4.9% | |
| 5 | US$181m | 4.7% | |
| 6 | US$179m | 4.7% | |
| 7 | US$165m | 4.3% | |
| 8 | US$134m | 3.5% | |
| 9 | US$106m | 2.8% | |
| 10 | US$101m | 2.6% |
Import duty on this product around the world 164
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.
- 5.5%median duty
- 34number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 40%highest: Egypt, Tuvalu, Algeria
164
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 6.7% | 0% – 20% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 14% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 40% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6.7% | 0% – 20% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.2% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.7% | 0% – 20% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.3%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.7% | 0% – 20% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 9% | 3% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.7% | 0% – 20% | 2023 | |
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 10% – 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 2.1%* | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 8% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 7.2% | 2023 | ||
| 33% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 2% | 2023 | ||
| 3.4% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0.2% | 0% – 0.3% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; 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
- 77512 Clothes-drying machines, each of a dry linen capacity not > 10 kg. (excluding those of heading 743.55)
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Consumption goods · BEC 313202
- CPC 2.1 product
- 44812 Dishwashing machines and clothes or linen washing or drying machines, household type, electric or non-electric
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2750 Manufacture of domestic appliances
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8451.21 | changed |
| 2012 | 8451.21 | changed |
| 2007 | 8451.21 | changed |
| 2002 | 8451.21 | changed |
| 1996 | 8451.21 | changed |
| 1992 | 8451.21 | changed |
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.
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CELEX 32026R1463 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
Subheading 8451.21 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is 2%.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 8451.21; the duty is 2.2%.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 2%; 174 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported clothes dryers up to 10 kg worth £238.6m (up 1% on the year before), at an average of £4.36 per kg; Türkiye supplied 61%, followed by China.
World trade in clothes dryers up to 10 kg reached US$3.8bn in 2024, up 18.2% on 2023.
Poland was the largest exporter with 28.2% of the total, ahead of China.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg?
Each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg fall under HS subheading 8451.21, part of heading 8451, in section XVI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 8451.21 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 each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 8451.21 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 2.2%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most each of a dry linen capacity not exceeding 10 kg?
Poland, with US$1.1bn in 2024 (28.2% of world exports).
Which countries can export clothes dryers up to 10 kg to the UK duty-free?
174 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of 2% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on clothes dryers up to 10 kg?
The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import clothes dryers up to 10 kg from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Türkiye (61%), China (21%) and Poland (11%), out of total imports of £238.6m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.