8483.50: Flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks

1. 8483 50 00 00 Flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks
2. 8483 50 20 00 Of cast iron or cast steel
3. 8483 50 20 10 For use in civil aircraft Free
4. 8483 50 20 90 Other Free
5. 8483 50 80 00 Other
6. 8483 50 80 10 For use in civil aircraft Free
7. 8483 50 80 20 Pulley blocks of non-cast steel: - made of structural carbon steel complying with standard jis g4051, - with an external diameter of 104mm or more but not more than 142mm, - with an internal diameter of 33mm or more but not more than 37mm, - with a width of 22mm or more but not more than 40mm, - with a weight of 0.4kg or more but not more than 1.6kg, - with 6 trapezoidal grooves Free
8. 8483 50 80 30 Mechanical tensioner for maintaining the tension of the drive belts of a passenger car engine: -with two pulleys made of polyamide, each of them with a diameter of 50 mm or more but not more than 70 mm, -with a spring made of a steel alloy containing chromium and silicon, -with two arms made of aluminum, -with a holder made of aluminum, for use in the manufacture of motor vehicle engines Free
9. 8483 50 80 40 Flywheel designed for damping torsional vibrations and oscillations within a vehicle drivetrain with: -a total moment of inertia of 0.082 kg⋅m², -a weight of 7 kg or more, but not more than 8 kg, -a diameter of 250 mm or more, but not more than 280 mm, for use in the manufacture of motor vehicles Free
10. 8483 50 80 50 Metal spinned single or double pulley: -made of dc03 steel or similar non alloy steel or free cutting steel, -with a pitch diameter of 67 mm or more but not more than 145 mm, -with an inner hole designed for bearing mounting or key mounting Free
11. 8483 50 80 60 Metal spinned triple pulley: -made of dc03 steel or similar non-alloy steel or free cutting steel, -with a pitch diameter of 60 mm or more, but not more than 130 mm, -with an inner hole designed for bearing mounting Free
12. 8483 50 80 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£248.1m+8.3% · previous 12 months

Average import price£7.37 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Germany	£65.2m	26.3%	+4%
Italy	£39.5m	15.9%	-2.5%
China	£27.7m	11.1%	+16.8%
Türkiye	£17.2m	6.9%	-3.4%
France	£15.5m	6.3%	+153.7%
Poland	£13.1m	5.3%	-7.2%
Slovakia	£12.3m	5%	+34%
Czechia	£10.7m	4.3%	+40.9%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU 2.7% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Türkiye 2.7% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines USA 2.8% – 5.7% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 3.8% Canada Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Mexico Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Brazil 16% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Argentina 16% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines Peru Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line New Zealand 5% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · 1× specific or compound duty Japan Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Taiwan 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines North Macedonia 8% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Germany	US$1bn	20.6%
2	China	US$1bn	15.1%
3	Italy	US$435m	6.2%
4	United States	US$396m	5.6%
5	France	US$379m	5.4%
6	Japan	US$357m	5.1%
7	Türkiye	US$338m	4.8%
8	Poland	US$310m	4.4%
9	South Korea	US$263m	3.8%
10	Slovakia	US$261m	3.7%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Germany	US$719m	10.3%
2	United States	US$623m	8.9%
3	Poland	US$452m	6.4%
4	France	US$400m	5.7%
5	Mexico	US$387m	5.5%
6	Belgium	US$283m	4%
7	United Kingdom	US$269m	3.8%
8	Italy	US$263m	3.8%
9	Türkiye	US$250m	3.6%
10	Japan	US$237m	3.4%

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
• 41number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 45%highest: Bahamas, Morocco, Bermuda

165

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	5%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	15%		2023
Angola	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	15%	0% – 20%	2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	11%	5% – 30%	2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	16%		2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	5%		2023
Aruba	12%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	5%		2023
Azerbaijan	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	45%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Bangladesh	1%		2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	6.3%	5% – 10%	2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Belize	6.3%	5% – 10%	2023
Benin	10%		2023
Bermuda	35%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	2.5%	0% – 5%	2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Brazil	16%		2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	10%		2023
Burundi	10%		2023
Cambodia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon	10%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Cape Verde	10%	0% – 20%	2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands	27%		2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	10%		2023
Chad	10%		2023
Chile	6%		2023 · HS 2017
China	8%		2023
Colombia	0%		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	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Cuba	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	6.3%	5% – 10%	2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
Ecuador	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	5%	0% – 10%	2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	10%		2023
Eswatini	0%		2023
Ethiopia	20%		2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	2.7%		2023
Fiji	0%		2023
French Polynesia	13%		2023
Gabon	10%		2023
Gambia	10%		2023
Georgia	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Ghana	10%		2023
Gibraltar	12%		2023 · HS 2017
Grenada	6.3%	5% – 10%	2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	10%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	10%		2023
Guyana	6.3%	5% – 10%	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	10%		2020 · HS 2017
Israel	8%		2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	5%	0% – 20%	2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Kazakhstan	0%		2023
Kenya	10%		2023
Kiribati	0%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	5%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Laos	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	5%		2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	0%		2023
Liberia	10%		2023
Libya	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein	1%*	0.8% – 1.3%	2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	10%		2023
Malawi	5%	0% – 10%	2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia	5%		2023
Maldives	23%	0% – 50%	2023
Mali	10%		2023
Mauritania	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mexico	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia	4%		2021 · HS 2017
Moldova	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia	5%		2023
Montserrat	6.3%	0% – 20%	2023 · HS 2017
Morocco	40%		2023
Mozambique	7.5%		2023
Myanmar (Burma)	3%		2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	0%		2023
Nauru	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Nepal	15%		2023
New Zealand	5%		2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	10%		2023
Nigeria	10%		2023
North Macedonia	8%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	31%	20% – 35%	2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	8%		2017 · HS 2017
Panama	0%		2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Peru	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	0%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Russia	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	10%		2023
Samoa	20%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	10%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	15%		2023
Senegal	10%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	10%		2023
Singapore	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Somalia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
South Africa	0%		2023
South Korea	8%		2023
Sri Lanka	0%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	10%	5% – 25%	2023
St Lucia	2.5%	0% – 10%	2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	5%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	6.3%	5% – 10%	2023
Sudan	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	5%		2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	1.6%*	1.2% – 2%	2023
Syria	5.5%	1% – 10%	2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	5%		2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	10%		2023
Thailand	10%		2023
Togo	10%		2023
Tonga	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	5%	0% – 20%	2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	9.7%		2023
Tuvalu	0%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	10%		2023
Ukraine	0%		2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	3.8%	2.8% – 5.7%	2023
Uruguay	16%		2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	10%		2023
Venezuela	16%		2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	10%		2023
Wallis & Futuna	10%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	5%		2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	15%		2023
Zimbabwe	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

7485 Flywheels & pulleys (including pulley blocks)

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 511220

CPC 2.1 product

43320 Transmission shafts and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws, gear boxes and other speed changers; flywheels and pulleys; clutches and shaft couplings; articulated link chain

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2814 Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 33

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. Tariff change 29 September 2026

   UK Trade Tariff: measure changes on 1015 commodity codes

   Trade Tariff changes 2026-09-29 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

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. Suspension 30 June 2026 · Applies from: 16 July 2026

   Council Regulation (EU) 2026/1463 of 25 June 2026 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2278 suspending the Common Customs Tariff duties referred to in Article 56(2), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain agricultural and industrial products

   CELEX 32026R1463 · Source: eur-lex.europa.eu

4. Other 30 June 2026

   Update to Commodity Code structure to maintain dynamic alignment with the EU – 30 June 2026

   Trade Tariff news 6995 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

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 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

8. Other 6 January 2026

   Update to MFN Rates added to End-of-Year Commodity Codes – 6 January 2026

   Trade Tariff news 3859 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

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Products classified here

• pulleys
• flywheels
• free pulleys
• pulleyblocks

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• flywheels
• free pulleys
• pulleyblocks
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