Subheading · Chapter 84 · Heading 8451
8451.29: Machinery: drying machines, other
Other industrial drying machines (textiles)
Official description Other
8451.29 is the HS subheading for other industrial drying machines (textiles), under heading 8451 in chapter 84.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 8451 29 00 00 Other 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 2
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| £4.9m | 26% | -11.9% | |
| £4.1m | 21.6% | +6.9% | |
| £2.4m | 12.7% | +163% | |
| £1.5m | 8.1% | +6.9% | |
| £1.4m | 7.5% | +17.1% | |
| £1.2m | 6.3% | -31.6% | |
| £955k | 5.1% | -28.8% | |
| £612k | 3.3% | +94.3% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$66kUS$66k+US$2m+US$22m+> US$144m
Exports: 109
- South Korea: US$655m
- Mexico: US$641m
- United States: US$158m
- China: US$144m
- Germany: US$116m
- Thailand: US$75m
- Italy: US$44m
- Spain: US$39m
- Türkiye: US$37m
- Czechia: US$22m
- Sweden: US$22m
- Poland: US$8m
- France: US$7m
- Singapore: US$4m
- Austria: US$4m
- Belgium: US$4m
- Netherlands: US$4m
- United Kingdom: US$3m
- Slovenia: US$3m
- Japan: US$3m
- Switzerland: US$2m
- Canada: US$2m
- Denmark: US$2m
- Portugal: US$2m
- India: US$2m
- Taiwan: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$2m
- Croatia: US$1m
- Brazil: US$1m
- South Africa: US$817k
- Indonesia: US$667k
- Finland: US$597k
- Russia: US$390k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$323k
- Honduras: US$304k
- Bulgaria: US$294k
- United Arab Emirates: US$287k
- New Zealand: US$274k
- Lithuania: US$234k
- Costa Rica: US$228k
- Vietnam: US$211k
- Moldova: US$203k
- Australia: US$197k
- Slovakia: US$189k
- Saudi Arabia: US$186k
- Norway: US$159k
- Romania: US$119k
- North Macedonia: US$100k
- Pakistan: US$82k
- Serbia: US$80k
- Kenya: US$79k
- Estonia: US$72k
- Tunisia: US$70k
- Latvia: US$66k
- Hungary: US$65k
- Greece: US$64k
- Ireland: US$49k
- Kazakhstan: US$49k
- Samoa: US$47k
- Colombia: US$46k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$487kUS$487k+US$3m+US$12m+> US$21m
Imports: 205
- United States: US$1bn
- Canada: US$225m
- Mexico: US$53m
- France: US$35m
- Brazil: US$24m
- United Kingdom: US$21m
- Italy: US$21m
- Taiwan: US$20m
- Vietnam: US$19m
- Australia: US$18m
- Indonesia: US$18m
- Germany: US$17m
- Bangladesh: US$17m
- Spain: US$16m
- Türkiye: US$15m
- Ecuador: US$15m
- China: US$14m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$13m
- India: US$13m
- Uzbekistan: US$12m
- Malaysia: US$12m
- Czechia: US$11m
- Philippines: US$11m
- Thailand: US$10m
- Saudi Arabia: US$10m
- Egypt: US$10m
- Guatemala: US$9m
- Costa Rica: US$8m
- Japan: US$8m
- Belgium: US$7m
- Switzerland: US$7m
- Sweden: US$7m
- South Korea: US$7m
- Colombia: US$7m
- Portugal: US$6m
- Pakistan: US$6m
- New Zealand: US$6m
- United Arab Emirates: US$5m
- Honduras: US$5m
- Dominican Republic: US$5m
- Panama: US$5m
- Russia: US$5m
- South Africa: US$5m
- Singapore: US$5m
- Poland: US$5m
- Netherlands: US$4m
- Denmark: US$3m
- Peru: US$3m
- Greece: US$3m
- Iran: US$3m
- Chile: US$3m
- Cambodia: US$3m
- Romania: US$2m
- Austria: US$2m
- Israel: US$2m
- Trinidad & Tobago: US$2m
- El Salvador: US$2m
- Norway: US$2m
- Kazakhstan: US$2m
- Croatia: US$2m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$655m | 32.5% | |
| 2 | US$641m | 31.8% | |
| 3 | US$158m | 7.8% | |
| 4 | US$144m | 7.2% | |
| 5 | US$116m | 5.8% | |
| 6 | US$75m | 3.7% | |
| 7 | US$44m | 2.2% | |
| 8 | US$39m | 1.9% | |
| 9 | US$37m | 1.8% | |
| 10 | US$22m | 1.1% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$1bn | 57.2% | |
| 2 | US$225m | 11.2% | |
| 3 | US$53m | 2.6% | |
| 4 | US$35m | 1.7% | |
| 5 | US$24m | 1.2% | |
| 6 | US$21m | 1.1% | |
| 7 | US$21m | 1% | |
| 8 | US$20m | 1% | |
| 9 | US$19m | 0.9% | |
| 10 | US$18m | 0.9% |
Import duty on this product around the world 165
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
- 61number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Tuvalu, Sudan
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 1% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 0% – 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.2% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 0% – 25% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 1.5%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 30% | 10% – 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 1%* | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 8% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 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 | ||
| 2.6% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 0% – 14% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 3% | 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
- 72473 Drying machines, each of dry linen capacity exceeding 10 kg (excluding those of subgroups 741.8 & 743.5)
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Capital goods · BEC 312010
- CPC 2.1 product
- 44622 Laundry-type washing machines, each of a dry linen capacity exceeding 10 kg; dry-cleaning machines; drying machines for textile fabrics or articles, each of a dry linen capacity exceeding 10 kg
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2826 Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8451.29 | changed |
| 2012 | 8451.29 | changed |
| 2007 | 8451.29 | changed |
| 2002 | 8451.29 | changed |
| 1996 | 8451.29 | changed |
| 1992 | 8451.29 | 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
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The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
S.I. 2026/543 · Source: legislation.gov.uk
Subheading 8451.29 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is 2%.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 8451.29; 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 other industrial drying machines (textiles) worth £18.8m (up 3% on the year before), at an average of £10.07 per kg; Germany supplied 26%, followed by Thailand.
World trade in other industrial drying machines (textiles) reached US$2bn in 2024, down 13.8% on 2023.
South Korea was the largest exporter with 32.5% of the total, ahead of Mexico.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for machinery: drying machines, other?
Machinery: drying machines, other fall under HS subheading 8451.29, part of heading 8451, in section XVI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on machinery: drying machines, other in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 8451.29 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 machinery: drying machines, other in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 8451.29 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 machinery: drying machines, other?
South Korea, with US$655m in 2024 (32.5% of world exports).
Which countries can export other industrial drying machines (textiles) 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 other industrial drying machines (textiles)?
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 other industrial drying machines (textiles) from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Germany (26%), Thailand (22%) and Türkiye (13%), out of total imports of £18.8m.