Subheading · Chapter 84 · Heading 8470
8470.50: Calculating machines and pocket-size data-recording: cash registers
Cash registers
Official description Cash registers
8470.50 is the HS subheading for cash registers, under heading 8470 in chapter 84.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 8470 50 00 00 Cash registers Freep/st
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) | — | Free |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 China | £69.4m | 38.1% | +29.9% |
 Vietnam | £36.7m | 20.1% | +42.9% |
 Thailand | £23.1m | 12.6% | +9.4% |
 Germany | £16.3m | 8.9% | +6.4% |
 Hungary | £11.4m | 6.2% | -85.6% |
 Taiwan | £9m | 4.9% | -50.7% |
 Malaysia | £6.6m | 3.6% | +58.4% |
 South Korea | £2.7m | 1.5% | -17.1% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Mexico Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Brazil 20% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Argentina Free – 16% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines · average 9.5% 
Peru Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
GCC Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$119kUS$119k+US$4m+US$39m+> US$208m
Exports: 138
- China: US$2bn
- Vietnam: US$438m
- Taiwan: US$352m
- Thailand: US$254m
- United States: US$208m
- Hungary: US$200m
- Mexico: US$170m
- Germany: US$162m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$93m
- Italy: US$93m
- South Korea: US$72m
- France: US$69m
- India: US$60m
- United Kingdom: US$39m
- Netherlands: US$35m
- Singapore: US$34m
- Bulgaria: US$30m
- Malaysia: US$26m
- Canada: US$23m
- Indonesia: US$23m
- Spain: US$18m
- Portugal: US$16m
- Tunisia: US$11m
- Poland: US$10m
- Brazil: US$10m
- Israel: US$8m
- Belgium: US$8m
- Denmark: US$7m
- South Africa: US$6m
- Slovenia: US$6m
- Australia: US$5m
- Czechia: US$5m
- Greece: US$5m
- Türkiye: US$4m
- Sweden: US$4m
- Russia: US$4m
- United Arab Emirates: US$4m
- Lithuania: US$3m
- New Zealand: US$3m
- Austria: US$2m
- Slovakia: US$2m
- Norway: US$2m
- Japan: US$2m
- Switzerland: US$2m
- Ireland: US$2m
- Chile: US$2m
- Philippines: US$1m
- Saudi Arabia: US$1m
- Romania: US$1m
- Kazakhstan: US$1m
- Serbia: US$766k
- Latvia: US$708k
- Cape Verde: US$688k
- Kenya: US$510k
- Finland: US$469k
- Croatia: US$453k
- Cyprus: US$443k
- Morocco: US$440k
- Guatemala: US$431k
- Luxembourg: US$365k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$2mUS$2m+US$14m+US$61m+> US$161m
Imports: 211
- United States: US$880m
- United Kingdom: US$279m
- Italy: US$239m
- Mexico: US$239m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$229m
- Russia: US$166m
- Canada: US$161m
- Japan: US$158m
- Netherlands: US$151m
- France: US$147m
- Türkiye: US$120m
- Spain: US$119m
- Germany: US$114m
- Australia: US$111m
- Nigeria: US$108m
- India: US$99m
- Argentina: US$77m
- Saudi Arabia: US$74m
- Indonesia: US$71m
- Poland: US$70m
- Chile: US$64m
- United Arab Emirates: US$61m
- Hungary: US$57m
- South Korea: US$56m
- South Africa: US$53m
- Malaysia: US$42m
- Greece: US$32m
- Denmark: US$31m
- Romania: US$30m
- Portugal: US$29m
- Kazakhstan: US$28m
- Ukraine: US$28m
- Vietnam: US$27m
- Thailand: US$27m
- Singapore: US$26m
- Ireland: US$25m
- Czechia: US$25m
- Peru: US$25m
- Venezuela: US$24m
- Belgium: US$20m
- Israel: US$19m
- Norway: US$17m
- Taiwan: US$17m
- Colombia: US$17m
- Philippines: US$16m
- Iraq: US$16m
- Austria: US$15m
- Switzerland: US$15m
- Costa Rica: US$15m
- Iran: US$14m
- Tanzania: US$14m
- Finland: US$14m
- Slovenia: US$14m
- Sweden: US$14m
- Egypt: US$13m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$13m
- New Zealand: US$13m
- Brazil: US$12m
- Libya: US$11m
- Kuwait: US$11m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | US$2bn | 47.9% |
| 2 | Vietnam | US$438m | 9% |
| 3 | Taiwan | US$352m | 7.2% |
| 4 | Thailand | US$254m | 5.2% |
| 5 | United States | US$208m | 4.2% |
| 6 | Hungary | US$200m | 4.1% |
| 7 | Mexico | US$170m | 3.5% |
| 8 | Germany | US$162m | 3.3% |
| 9 |  Hong Kong SAR China | US$93m | 1.9% |
| 10 |  Italy | US$93m | 1.9% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$880m | 18% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | US$279m | 5.7% |
| 3 | Italy | US$239m | 4.9% |
| 4 | Mexico | US$239m | 4.9% |
| 5 | Hong Kong SAR China | US$229m | 4.7% |
| 6 |  Russia | US$166m | 3.4% |
| 7 | Canada | US$161m | 3.3% |
| 8 | Japan | US$158m | 3.2% |
| 9 |  Netherlands | US$151m | 3.1% |
| 10 |  France | US$147m | 3% |
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.
- 3%median duty
- 75number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 30%highest: Algeria, Bermuda, Kiribati
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan | 10% | 2018 · HS 2012 | |
 Albania | 0% | 2023 | |
 Algeria | 30% | 2023 | |
 Angola | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Anguilla | 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Antigua & Barbuda | 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | |
| Argentina | 10% | 0% – 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Armenia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Aruba | 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
 Australia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Azerbaijan | 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Bahamas | 15% | 0% – 45% | 2022 |
 Bahrain | 0% | 2023 | |
 Bangladesh | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Barbados | 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Belarus | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Belize | 5% | 2023 | |
 Benin | 20% | 2023 | |
 Bermuda | 25% | 2023 | |
 Bhutan | 0% | 2022 | |
 Bolivia | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 10% | 2022 | |
 Botswana | 0% | 2023 | |
| Brazil | 15% | 14% – 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Brunei | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Burkina Faso | 20% | 2023 | |
 Burundi | 10% | 2023 | |
 Cambodia | 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Cameroon | 20% | 2023 | |
| Canada | 0% | 2023 | |
 Cape Verde | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Cayman Islands | 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | |
 Central African Republic | 20% | 2023 | |
 Chad | 20% | 2023 | |
 Chile | 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| China | 0% | 2023 | |
 Colombia | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Comoros | 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Congo - Brazzaville | 20% | 2023 | |
 Cook Islands | 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Costa Rica | 0% | 2023 | |
 Côte d’Ivoire | 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Cuba | 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Dominica | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Dominican Republic | 3% | 2023 | |
 Ecuador | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Egypt | 0% | 2019 · HS 2017 | |
 El Salvador | 0% | 2022 | |
 Equatorial Guinea | 20% | 2023 | |
 Eswatini | 0% | 2023 | |
 Ethiopia | 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| European Union (27 countries) | 0% | 2023 | |
 Fiji | 0% | 2023 | |
 French Polynesia | 6% | 2023 | |
 Gabon | 20% | 2023 | |
 Gambia | 20% | 2023 | |
 Georgia | 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Ghana | 20% | 2023 | |
 Gibraltar | 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Grenada | 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
 Guatemala | 0% | 2023 | |
 Guinea | 20% | 2023 | |
 Guinea-Bissau | 20% | 2023 | |
 Guyana | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Haiti | 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 Honduras | 0% | 2023 | |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 0% | 2023 | |
 Iceland | 0% | 2023 | |
 India | 0% | 2023 | |
 Indonesia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Iran | 23% | 20% – 26% | 2020 · HS 2017 |
 Israel | 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
 Jamaica | 5% | 2023 | |
| Japan | 0% | 2023 | |
 Jordan | 0% | 2023 | |
 Kazakhstan | 0% | 2023 | |
 Kenya | 10% | 2023 | |
 Kiribati | 25% | 2023 · HS 2002 | |
 Kuwait | 0% | 2023 | |
 Kyrgyzstan | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Laos | 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Lebanon | 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 Lesotho | 0% | 2023 | |
 Liberia | 20% | 2023 | |
 Libya | 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Liechtenstein | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Macao SAR China | 0% | 2023 | |
 Madagascar | 5% | 2023 | |
 Malawi | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| Malaysia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Maldives | 20% | 2023 | |
 Mali | 20% | 2023 | |
 Mauritania | 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Mauritius | 0% | 2023 | |
| Mexico | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Micronesia | 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Moldova | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Mongolia | 5% | 2023 | |
 Montserrat | 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Morocco | 2.5% | 2023 | |
 Mozambique | 7.5% | 2023 | |
 Myanmar (Burma) | 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Namibia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Nauru | 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Nepal | 0% | 2023 | |
| New Zealand | 0% | 2023 | |
 Nicaragua | 0% | 2023 | |
 Niger | 20% | 2023 | |
| Nigeria | 20% | 2023 | |
| North Macedonia | 0% | 2023 | |
| Norway | 0% | 2023 | |
 Oman | 0% | 2023 | |
 Pakistan | 3% | 2023 | |
 Palau | 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
 Palestinian Territories | 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Panama | 0% | 2023 | |
 Papua New Guinea | 0% | 2023 | |
 Paraguay | 1.3% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
| Peru | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Philippines | 0% | 2023 | |
 Qatar | 0% | 2023 | |
| Russia | 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Rwanda | 10% | 2023 | |
 Samoa | 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | |
 São Tomé & Príncipe | 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | |
 Saudi Arabia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Senegal | 20% | 2023 | |
 Seychelles | 0% | 2023 | |
 Sierra Leone | 20% | 2023 | |
 Singapore | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Solomon Islands | 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Somalia | 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 South Africa | 0% | 2023 | |
| South Korea | 0% | 2023 | |
 Sri Lanka | 0% | 2023 | |
 St Kitts & Nevis | 5% | 2023 | |
 St Lucia | 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
 St Pierre & Miquelon | 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 St Vincent & the Grenadines | 5% | 2023 | |
 Sudan | 25% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Suriname | 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | |
| Switzerland | 0% | 2023 | |
 Syria | 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | |
 Tajikistan | 0% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
 Tanzania | 0% | 2023 | |
| Thailand | 0% | 2023 | |
 Togo | 20% | 2023 | |
 Tonga | 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 Trinidad & Tobago | 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| Türkiye | 0% | 2023 | |
 Tuvalu | 19% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Uganda | 0% | 2023 | |
 Ukraine | 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
 United Arab Emirates | 0% | 2023 | |
| United Kingdom | 0% | 2023 | |
| United States | 0% | 2023 | |
 Uruguay | 1.3% | 0% – 2% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
 Uzbekistan | 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
 Vanuatu | 15% | 2023 | |
 Venezuela | 15% | 14% – 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 |
| Vietnam | 0% | 2023 | |
 Wallis & Futuna | 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | |
 Yemen | 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | |
 Zambia | 0% | 2023 | |
 Zimbabwe | 0.1% | 0% – 0.2% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · 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
- 75124 Cash registers
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Capital goods · BEC 612020
- CPC 2.1 product
- 45141 Accounting machines, cash registers, postage-franking machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating device (except point-of-sale terminals, ATMs and similar machines)45142 Point-of-sale terminals, ATMs and similar machines
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2817 Manufacture of office machinery and equipment (except computers and peripheral equipment)2620 Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8470.50 | changed |
| 2012 | 8470.50 | changed |
| 2007 | 8470.50 | changed |
| 2002 | 8470.50 | changed |
| 1996 | 8470.50 | changed |
| 1992 | 8470.50 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Binding rulings for similar goods 15
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N364143 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of point-of-sale terminals from Mexico
- N354235 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of self-service kiosks from the United Kingdom
- N354060 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of self-service kiosks from the United Kingdom
- N339581 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of point of sale machines
- N339132 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a parking management terminal from Mexico
- N336601 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of point-of-sale terminals from Vietnam
- 600010301 HMRC
An electronic Point-of-Sale payment terminal which is used in a restaurant. It has two monitor screens (one pointed towards the customer and one pointed towards the staff) which feature touchscreen keyboards, it has a J1900 central processing unit (CPU), 8GB RAM, a 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD), it…
15 rulings in total for this code
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 8470.50; the duty is duty-free.
Subheading 8470.50 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is duty-free.
174 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of Free.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of cash registers into the UK came to £182.4m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 21% on the year before); China supplied 38%, followed by Vietnam.
In 2024, countries exported cash registers worth US$5bn (−1.1% year on year).
The largest exporter was China (US$2bn), followed by Vietnam.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for calculating machines and pocket-size data-recording: cash registers?
Calculating machines and pocket-size data-recording: cash registers fall under HS subheading 8470.50, part of heading 8470, in section XVI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on calculating machines and pocket-size… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 8470.50 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on calculating machines and pocket-size… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 8470.50 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most calculating machines and pocket-size…?
China, with US$2bn in 2024 (47.9% of world exports).
Which countries can export cash registers 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 Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on cash registers?
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 cash registers from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were China (38%), Vietnam (20%) and Thailand (13%), out of total imports of £182.4m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.