8485.90: Machines for additive manufacturing: parts

1. 8485 90 00 00 Parts
2. 8485 90 10 00 Parts of machines of subheadings 8485 30 10 or 8485 80 10 Free
3. 8485 90 90 00 Other Free
4. 8485 90 90 30 Silicone or plastic keyboards, comprising: -parts of common metal, and -whether or not comprising parts of plastic, -epoxy resin reinforced with fiberglass or wood, -whether or not printed or surface-treated, -with or without electrical conductors, -with or without a membrane bonded to the keyboard, -with or without mono or multilayer protective film Free
5. 8485 90 90 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£28.9m+27% · previous 12 months

Average import price£46.65 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
China	£11.7m	40.6%	+48.9%
United States	£5.2m	18%	+11.5%
Germany	£4.3m	15%	+29.9%
Singapore	£2.1m	7.3%	+15.9%
Israel	£1.7m	5.8%	+36%
United Kingdom	£581k	2%	-6.5%
Italy	£576k	2%	+200.6%
Ireland	£551k	1.9%	+13.9%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free – 1.7% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 0.9% Türkiye Free – 1.7% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 0.9% USA Free – 3.1% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 1.6% Canada Free General (MFN) 5 tariff lines Mexico Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Brazil 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 12.6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 7 tariff lines · average 3.6% Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Taiwan 2.5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Nigeria 10% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	China	US$130m	18.1%
2	Germany	US$124m	17.3%
3	Israel	US$87m	12.1%
4	United States	US$74m	10.3%
5	Singapore	US$38m	5.3%
6	Netherlands	US$33m	4.6%
7	France	US$25m	3.5%
8	Belgium	US$21m	2.9%
9	Sweden	US$17m	2.4%
10	United Kingdom	US$16m	2.2%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$176m	24.5%
2	Germany	US$114m	15.9%
3	Luxembourg	US$36m	5.1%
4	United Kingdom	US$32m	4.5%
5	Japan	US$28m	3.9%
6	Italy	US$22m	3%
7	Israel	US$21m	2.9%
8	China	US$20m	2.8%
9	Hong Kong SAR China	US$20m	2.8%
10	Canada	US$19m	2.7%

Import duty on this product around the world 94

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.

• 3.3%median duty
• 37number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 45%highest: Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands

94

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	5%		2023
Armenia	0%		2023
Australia	3.3%	0% – 5%	2023
Bahamas	45%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Belize	5%		2023
Benin	10%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bosnia & Herzegovina	3.3%	0% – 5%	2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Burkina Faso	10%		2023
Burundi	0%		2023
Cameroon	10%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Cayman Islands	22%		2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	10%		2023
Chad	10%		2023
China	4.7%	0% – 8%	2023
Congo - Brazzaville	10%		2023
Costa Rica	0%		2023
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	10%		2023
Eswatini	0%		2023
European Union (27 countries)	0.9%	0% – 1.7%	2023
Fiji	0%		2023
French Polynesia	13%		2023
Gabon	10%		2023
Gambia	10%		2023
Ghana	10%		2023
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	10%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	10%		2023
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	7.5%		2023
Indonesia	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	1.7%	0% – 5%	2023
Kazakhstan	0%		2023
Kenya	0%		2023
Kiribati	0%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	5%		2023
Lesotho	0%		2023
Liberia	10%		2023
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	5%		2023
Malaysia	0%		2023
Maldives	20%		2023
Mali	10%		2023
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mongolia	5%		2023
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	7.5%		2023
Namibia	0%		2023
Nepal	5%		2023
New Zealand	3.6%	0% – 5%	2023
Nicaragua	0%		2023
Niger	10%		2023
Nigeria	10%		2023
North Macedonia	0%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	11%		2023
Panama	0%		2023
Philippines	0.5%	0% – 1%	2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Rwanda	0%		2023
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	10%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	10%		2023
South Africa	0%		2023
South Korea	8%		2023
Sri Lanka	0%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	5%		2023
St Vincent & the Grenadines	5%		2023
Switzerland	0.3%*		2023
Tanzania	0%		2023
Thailand	0%		2023
Togo	10%		2023
Türkiye	0.9%	0% – 1.7%	2023
Uganda	0%		2023
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	1.6%	0% – 3.1%	2023
Vanuatu	10%		2023
Vietnam	0%		2023
Zambia	5%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.1%		2023

Tariff data years 2021–2023; 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

7285 Parts, n.e.s., of the machines and mechanical appliances of headings 723.48, 727.21 and 728.41 through 728.49

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 3112

CPC 2.1 product

44251 Tool holders, self-opening dieheads, work holders, dividing heads and other special attachments for machine-tools; tool-holders for any type of tool for working in the hand; other parts and accessories for the goods of class 4421

44929 Parts for the goods of subclass 44915; other parts n.e.c. of special-purpose machinery

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2822 Manufacture of metal-forming machinery and machine tools

2829 Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 1

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 1 July 2026

   İthalat Rejimi Kararında Değişiklik Yapılmasına İlişkin Karar (Karar Sayısı: 11485)

   RG 01.07.2026 sayı 33297 · Karar 11485 · Source: resmigazete.gov.tr

2. 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

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Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 8466.94, 8474.90, 8475.90, 8477.90, 8479.90.

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