8479.89: Other machines and mechanical appliances: other

1. 8479 89 00 00 Other
2. 8479 89 30 00 Mobile hydraulic-powered mine roof supports Free
3. 8479 89 60 00 Central greasing systems Free
4. 8479 89 70 00 Automated electronic component placement machines of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuit assemblies Free
5. 8479 89 97 00 Other
6. 8479 89 97 10 The following goods, for use in civil aircraft :hydropneumatic batteries; mechanical actuators for thrust reversers; toilet units specially designed; air humidifiers and dehumidifiers; servo-mechanisms, non-electric; non-electric starter motors; pneumatic starters for turbo-jets, turbopropellers and other gas turbines; windscreen wipers, non-electric; propeller regulators, non-electric Free
7. 8479 89 97 28 Integrated electric brake unit for immediate generation of the hydraulic pressure during braking, full electronic brake control and enabling regenerative braking of motor vehicles with: -electronic brake assistants, -hydraulic unit driven by brushless electric motor, -brake fluid reservoir, for use in the manufacture of hybrid passenger cars Free
8. 8479 89 97 33 Pre-assembled process module unit of an ethane cracker unit, containing: -various distillation columns (depropanizer, debutanizer and degreenoiler) and their associated heat exchangers, pumps and drums, -a chilling train containing heat exchangers and a drum which condenses c2 in a gas stream, -a system to separate hydrogen and methane from cracked gas containing heat exchangers, drums, turbines, compressors and a hydrogen purification unit (pressure swing adsorption unit), -associated equipment of a c3 splitter distillation column, containing heat exchanger, pumps and drums, and -a vinyl acetylene hydrogenation system, containing hydrogenation reactors, filters, mixer, drum, condenser, heat exchangers Free
9. 8479 89 97 38 Camshaft actuator for controlling the timing of valve opening by using electromotor in a continuous variable valve timing system of an internal combustion piston engine, of: -a length of 110 mm or more but not more than 140 mm, -a width of 90 mm or more but not more than 130 mm, -a height of 80 mm or more but not more than 110 mm for use in the manufacture of engines of motor vehicles Free
10. 8479 89 97 43 Pre-assembled process module unit of an ethane cracker unit, containing: -a system for filtering and cooling of dried cracked gas, -a deethanizer distillation column and associated equipment for c2-/c3+ separation, -an acetylene hydrogenation system to remove acetylene within a c2 stream, -a fuel gas drum that stores fuel gas for cracker furnaces, and -a system to regenerate dryers in a cracker installation Free
11. 8479 89 97 60 Bioreactor for biopharmaceutical cell culture - having interior surfaces of austenitic stainless steel, and - with a process capacity up to 15 000 litres, - whether or not combined with a “clean-in-process” system and/or a dedicated paired media hold vessel Free
12. 8479 89 97 90 Other Free

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£1.3bn-5.1% · previous 12 months

Average import price£21.20 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Germany	£319.7m	24.8%	-26.3%
United States	£160.7m	12.5%	+15.7%
China	£132.4m	10.3%	-6.1%
Italy	£99.7m	7.7%	+19.4%
Poland	£76m	5.9%	+29.9%
United Kingdom	£56.3m	4.4%	-8.1%
Switzerland	£49m	3.8%	+18.9%
Netherlands	£45.7m	3.5%	+10.8%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free – 1.7% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 1.3% Türkiye 1.7% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines USA Free – 2.8% General (MFN) 8 tariff lines · average 1% Canada Free – 7.5% General (MFN) 10 tariff lines · average 2.3% Mexico Free – 25% General (MFN) 24 tariff lines · average 8.1% Brazil 7.2% – 20% General (MFN) 10 tariff lines · average 16.7% Argentina Free – 18% General (MFN) 16 tariff lines · average 11.7% Peru Free General (MFN) 7 tariff lines New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 11 tariff lines · average 4.6% Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Taiwan Free – 8% General (MFN) 11 tariff lines · average 2.4% GCC Free General (MFN) 24 tariff lines Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Germany	US$10bn	18.5%
2	China	US$10bn	18.4%
3	United States	US$5bn	9%
4	South Korea	US$4bn	8.2%
5	Japan	US$4bn	7.8%
6	Italy	US$2bn	4.5%
7	Switzerland	US$1bn	2.4%
8	Canada	US$1bn	2.2%
9	United Kingdom	US$1bn	2.1%
10	Poland	US$1bn	2%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$9bn	15.7%
2	China	US$5bn	9.4%
3	Germany	US$3bn	6.1%
4	Mexico	US$3bn	5.6%
5	India	US$2bn	3.5%
6	Vietnam	US$2bn	3.3%
7	France	US$2bn	2.9%
8	United Kingdom	US$2bn	2.8%
9	South Korea	US$1bn	2.2%
10	Canada	US$1bn	2.2%

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.

• 3.6%median duty
• 59number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 45%highest: Bahamas, Sudan, Cayman Islands

165

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	2.5%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	5%		2023
Angola	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	20%		2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	5%		2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	11%	0% – 18%	2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	0.4%	0% – 2%	2023
Aruba	12%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	1.3%	0% – 5%	2023
Azerbaijan	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	45%		2022
Bahrain	0%		2023
Bangladesh	1%		2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	5%		2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	0.4%	0% – 2%	2021 · HS 2017
Belize	5%		2023
Benin	5%		2023
Bermuda	8.3%	0% – 25%	2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	0.7%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	4%	0% – 10%	2022
Botswana	6.7%	0% – 10%	2023
Brazil	12%	0% – 18%	2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	5%		2023
Burundi	0%		2023
Cambodia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon	10%		2023
Canada	1.3%	0% – 7.5%	2023
Cape Verde	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands	22%		2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	10%		2023
Chad	10%		2023
Chile	6%		2023 · HS 2017
China	0%		2023
Colombia	1.4%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2017
Comoros	20%		2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville	10%		2023
Cook Islands	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica	0%		2023
Côte d’Ivoire	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Cuba	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
Ecuador	7.5%	0% – 15%	2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	3.8%	0% – 5%	2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	10%		2023
Eswatini	6.7%	0% – 10%	2023
Ethiopia	18%	5% – 30%	2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	1.3%	0% – 1.7%	2023
Fiji	0%		2023
French Polynesia	10%		2023
Gabon	10%		2023
Gambia	5%		2023
Georgia	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Ghana	5%		2023
Gibraltar	12%		2023 · HS 2017
Grenada	5%		2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	5%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	5%		2023
Guyana	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Haiti	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	7.5%		2023
Indonesia	5%		2023
Iran	9.6%	5% – 20%	2020 · HS 2017
Israel	5%	0% – 12%	2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	1.3%	0% – 5%	2023
Kazakhstan	0%		2023
Kenya	0%		2023
Kiribati	0%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	0%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	0.4%	0% – 2%	2021 · HS 2017
Laos	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	2.5%	0% – 5%	2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	6.7%	0% – 10%	2023
Liberia	5%		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	17%	0% – 20%	2023
Mali	5%		2023
Mauritania	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mexico	12%	0% – 15%	2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia	4%		2021 · HS 2017
Moldova	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia	5%		2023
Montserrat	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Morocco	10%	2.5% – 18%	2023
Mozambique	5%		2023
Myanmar (Burma)	3%		2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	6.7%	0% – 10%	2023
Nauru	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Nepal	3.5%	0% – 5%	2023
New Zealand	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	5%		2023
Nigeria	5%		2023
North Macedonia	0%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	0%		2023
Pakistan	0.5%	0% – 3%	2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	5%	0% – 12%	2017 · HS 2017
Panama	1.5%	0% – 3%	2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	3.6%	0% – 18%	2023 · HS 2017
Peru	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	0.8%	0% – 1%	2023
Qatar	0%		2023
Russia	0.4%	0% – 2%	2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	0%		2023
Samoa	8%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	10%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	0%		2023
Senegal	5%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	5%		2023
Singapore	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Somalia	5%		2023 · HS 2017
South Africa	6.7%	0% – 10%	2023
South Korea	6.7%	0% – 8%	2023
Sri Lanka	0%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	0%		2023
St Lucia	0%		2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	5%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	5%		2023
Sudan	36%	10% – 40%	2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	5%		2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	0%		2023
Syria	1%		2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	0%		2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	0%		2023
Thailand	0%		2023
Togo	5%		2023
Tonga	3%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	0%		2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	4.6%	1.7% – 12%	2023
Tuvalu	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	0%		2023
Ukraine	0%		2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	0%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	1%	0% – 2.8%	2023
Uruguay	3.6%	0% – 18%	2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	0%		2023
Venezuela	12%	0% – 18%	2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	0%		2023
Wallis & Futuna	10%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	5%		2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	10%		2023
Zimbabwe	0%		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

72849 Machinery having individual functions, n.e.s.

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Capital goods · BEC 312020

CPC 2.1 product

44919 Special-purpose machinery n.e.c. (including machinery for isotopic separation, machines for assembling electric lamps in glass envelopes, machines for manufacturing glassware and rope making machines)

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2829 Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 210

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. Countervailing duty 11 August 2026

   Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2024

   FR Doc. 2026-16362 · 91 FR 51662 · Source: federalregister.gov

2. Import and export controls 20 July 2026

   Notice of Action: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-14542 · 91 FR 45516 · Source: federalregister.gov

3. Anti-dumping 4 July 2026

   İthalatta Haksız Rekabetin Önlenmesine İlişkin Tebliğ (No: 2026/24)

   RG 04.07.2026 sayı 33300 · Tebliğ 2026/24 · Source: resmigazete.gov.tr

4. Tariff change 22 June 2026 · Applies from: 1 July 2026

   Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States — 2026 HTS Revision 11

   2026HTSRev11 · Source: hts.usitc.gov

5. Tariff change 4 June 2026

   Notice of Determination and Request for Comments Concerning Action Pursuant to Section 301: Brazil's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Digital Trade and Electronic Payment Services; Unfair, Preferential Tariffs; Anti-Corruption Enforcement; Intellectual Property Protection; Ethanol Market Access; and Illegal Deforestation

   FR Doc. 2026-11158 · 91 FR 33854 · Source: federalregister.gov

6. Tariff change 28 May 2026

   Implementing Certain Tariff-Related Elements of a Trade and Security Agreement Between the American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States

   FR Doc. 2026-10571 · 91 FR 31818 · Source: federalregister.gov

7. 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

8. Sanctions 23 April 2026 · Applies from: 22 April 2026

   Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506 of 23 April 2026 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine

   CELEX 32026R0506 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

Rule changes →

Products classified here

• diving bells
• air humidifiers
• match dipping machines
• evaporative air coolers
• fish, vaccination machine
• powder containment vessel
• industrial floor polishers
• machinery for cask tarring
• air dehumidifiers, not electric
• automatic shoe brushing machines
• marine vessel stabilisation system
• machines for frosting glass by acid
• machines for coating welding electrodes
• machines for making rope soles for footwear
• coiling machines for flexible cables or tubes
• mechanical appliances for cutting water weeds
• machines for applying abrasives to any backing
• machines for filling eiderdowns or stuffing mattresses
• machines for mounting card clothing on carding cylinders
• machines for waxing paper cups and containers etc by immersion
• machines for washing scouring or removing dust from bed feathers

Questions and answers

Typical products

• air dehumidifiers, not electric
• air humidifiers
• automatic shoe brushing machines
• coiling machines for flexible cables or tubes
• diving bells
• evaporative air coolers
• fish, vaccination machine
• industrial floor polishers
• machinery for cask tarring
• machines for applying abrasives to any backing
• machines for coating welding electrodes
• machines for filling eiderdowns or stuffing mattresses
• machines for frosting glass by acid
• machines for making rope soles for footwear
• machines for mounting card clothing on carding cylinders
• machines for washing scouring or removing dust from bed feathers

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.