Subheading · Chapter 84 · Heading 8482
8482.30: Ball or roller bearings: spherical roller bearings
Spherical roller bearings
Official description Spherical roller bearings
8482.30 is the HS subheading for spherical roller bearings, under heading 8482 in chapter 84.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 8482 30 00 00 Spherical roller bearings 8%
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 3
- 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)
- Duty suspensionAirworthiness tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2018/1249
- Documents
- C119 Authorised Release Certificate — EASA Form 1 (Appendix I to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012), or equivalent certificate
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
- Russia, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2023 No. 440, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9011
- 9022
- 9038
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
- Applies to goods from
- Iran, North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/461, S.I. 2019/411
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 8% |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | 1.6% |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £8.2m | 23.3% | +16.9% | |
| £7.2m | 20.4% | +44.4% | |
| £5.6m | 15.9% | +22.5% | |
| £2.3m | 6.6% | — | |
| £2.1m | 6.1% | +2.5% | |
| £2.1m | 6% | +334.7% | |
| £1.7m | 4.9% | +92.3% | |
| £1.6m | 4.5% | -40.4% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$73kUS$73k+US$2m+US$25m+> US$199m
Exports: 131
- Sweden: US$382m
- Germany: US$329m
- China: US$322m
- Japan: US$199m
- United States: US$117m
- Malaysia: US$111m
- Romania: US$108m
- France: US$63m
- United Kingdom: US$61m
- Belgium: US$45m
- Italy: US$43m
- India: US$30m
- Netherlands: US$25m
- Singapore: US$20m
- South Korea: US$19m
- Czechia: US$19m
- Poland: US$14m
- Thailand: US$10m
- Kazakhstan: US$10m
- Austria: US$10m
- Türkiye: US$8m
- Finland: US$8m
- Switzerland: US$6m
- Spain: US$6m
- South Africa: US$6m
- Slovakia: US$6m
- Canada: US$5m
- Slovenia: US$4m
- Denmark: US$3m
- Israel: US$3m
- Russia: US$3m
- Norway: US$2m
- Brazil: US$2m
- Australia: US$2m
- Taiwan: US$2m
- Mexico: US$1m
- Latvia: US$1m
- Indonesia: US$1m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$1m
- Estonia: US$1m
- Croatia: US$921k
- Hungary: US$786k
- Lithuania: US$598k
- Serbia: US$566k
- Portugal: US$516k
- Bulgaria: US$482k
- Vietnam: US$366k
- Saudi Arabia: US$313k
- United Arab Emirates: US$271k
- Chile: US$269k
- Greece: US$263k
- Luxembourg: US$257k
- Zambia: US$252k
- Ukraine: US$217k
- Belarus: US$195k
- Ireland: US$169k
- Colombia: US$169k
- Panama: US$168k
- Azerbaijan: US$156k
- New Zealand: US$141k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$556kUS$556k+US$4m+US$29m+> US$75m
Imports: 203
- United States: US$233m
- India: US$166m
- Germany: US$119m
- Belgium: US$117m
- China: US$116m
- France: US$88m
- Brazil: US$75m
- Italy: US$68m
- South Korea: US$65m
- Türkiye: US$64m
- Singapore: US$61m
- Canada: US$50m
- Russia: US$45m
- Netherlands: US$45m
- Indonesia: US$39m
- Spain: US$39m
- Poland: US$34m
- Thailand: US$31m
- Malaysia: US$30m
- United Kingdom: US$30m
- Australia: US$29m
- Finland: US$28m
- Mexico: US$28m
- South Africa: US$24m
- United Arab Emirates: US$21m
- Taiwan: US$21m
- Denmark: US$20m
- Austria: US$19m
- Vietnam: US$17m
- Chile: US$16m
- Kazakhstan: US$16m
- Sweden: US$15m
- Peru: US$14m
- Japan: US$14m
- Argentina: US$13m
- Czechia: US$11m
- Ukraine: US$10m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$10m
- Switzerland: US$9m
- Romania: US$9m
- Colombia: US$8m
- Saudi Arabia: US$8m
- Slovakia: US$8m
- Norway: US$7m
- Serbia: US$6m
- Slovenia: US$5m
- Philippines: US$5m
- Egypt: US$5m
- Portugal: US$5m
- Hungary: US$4m
- Greece: US$4m
- Iran: US$4m
- Morocco: US$4m
- New Zealand: US$3m
- Panama: US$3m
- Croatia: US$3m
- Nigeria: US$3m
- Pakistan: US$3m
- Algeria: US$3m
- Latvia: US$3m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$382m | 18.9% | |
| 2 | US$329m | 16.3% | |
| 3 | US$322m | 16% | |
| 4 | US$199m | 9.9% | |
| 5 | US$117m | 5.8% | |
| 6 | US$111m | 5.5% | |
| 7 | US$108m | 5.3% | |
| 8 | US$63m | 3.1% | |
| 9 | US$61m | 3% | |
| 10 | US$45m | 2.2% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$233m | 11.6% | |
| 2 | US$166m | 8.2% | |
| 3 | US$119m | 5.9% | |
| 4 | US$117m | 5.8% | |
| 5 | US$116m | 5.7% | |
| 6 | US$88m | 4.3% | |
| 7 | US$75m | 3.7% | |
| 8 | US$68m | 3.4% | |
| 9 | US$65m | 3.2% | |
| 10 | US$64m | 3.2% |
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.
- 5%median duty
- 48number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Bermuda, Maldives
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 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 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 13% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 6.3%* | 1.4% – 11% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 23% | 0% – 50% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 11% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 6.9%* | 1.5% – 12% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 8% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2023 | ||
| 5.8% | 2023 | ||
| 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 16% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 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
- 7463 Spherical roller bearings
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 311220
- CPC 2.1 product
- 43310 Ball or roller bearings
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2814 Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8482.30 | changed |
| 2012 | 8482.30 | changed |
| 2007 | 8482.30 | changed |
| 2002 | 8482.30 | changed |
| 1996 | 8482.30 | changed |
| 1992 | 8482.30 | 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 32026R0506 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
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CELEX 32026R0271 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu
Subheading 8482.30 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is 8%.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 8482.30; the duty is 8%.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 8%; 172 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 spherical roller bearings worth £35m (up 33% on the year before), at an average of £36.62 per kg; Sweden supplied 23%, followed by Germany.
World trade in spherical roller bearings reached US$2bn in 2024, down 7.9% on 2023.
Sweden was the largest exporter with 18.9% of the total, ahead of Germany.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for ball or roller bearings: spherical roller bearings?
Ball or roller bearings: spherical roller bearings fall under HS subheading 8482.30, part of heading 8482, in section XVI of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on ball or roller bearings: spherical roller bearings in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 8482.30 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 8%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on ball or roller bearings: spherical roller bearings in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 8482.30 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 8%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most ball or roller bearings: spherical roller bearings?
Sweden, with US$382m in 2024 (18.9% of world exports).
Which countries can export spherical roller bearings to the UK duty-free?
172 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 8% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on spherical roller bearings?
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 spherical roller bearings from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Sweden (23%), Germany (20%) and United States (16%), out of total imports of £35m.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.