ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) · CET code · HS 8481.10
8481.10.00.00: Pressurereducing valves
Pressure-reducing valves
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria), in force from 7 September 2023 · checked on 24 October 2026
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Importing into Nigeria
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
8481.10 Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes: pressure-reducing valves
UK 2% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines 
EU 2.2% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Türkiye 2.2% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
USA 2% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Mexico Free – 5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 1.7% 
Brazil 12.6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina 12.6% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
Peru Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 1.7% 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 3% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 3% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines Binding rulings for similar goods
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.
- N288739 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a Valve and Pipe Assembly from Republic of Korea.
- 600011092 HMRC
An electric actuated pressure reducing/metering valve for liquid fuel. It has an aluminium body with stainless steel parts and it is used in the running of an industrial gas turbine engine. The valve is specifically for use on power generator units in machinery.
- 600010459 HMRC
A sliding valve is a type of valve that controls the flow of a working fluid in a machine. It has a piston-shaped element that moves back and forth within the valve body to either open or close a port through which a fluid flows. As the piston slides within the valve body, it covers and uncovers…
Legal notes
Subheading notes
1. For the purposes of subheading 846520, the term ‘machining centres’ applies only to machine-tools for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials, which can carry out different types of machining operations by automatic tool change from a magazine or the like in conformity with a machining programme.
2. For the purposes of subheading 847149, the term ‘systems’ means automatic data-processing machines whose units satisfy the conditions laid down in note 6(C) to Chapter 84 and which comprise at least a central processing unit, one input unit (for example, a keyboard or a scanner), and one output unit (for example, a visual display unit or a printer).
3. For the purposes of subheading 848120, the expression ‘valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions’ means valves which are used specifically in the transmission of ‘fluid power’ in a hydraulic or pneumatic system, where the energy source is supplied in the form of pressurized fluids (liquid or gas). These valves may be of any type (for example, pressure-reducing type, check type). Subheading 848120 takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading 8481.
4. Subheading 848240 applies only to bearings with cylindrical rollers of a uniform diameter not exceeding 5 mm and having a length which is at least three times the diameter. The ends of the rollers may be rounded.
In the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria), 8481.10.00.00 is one of 1 line under subheading 8481.10, taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes: pressure-reducing valves.
The import duty is 10%, and quantities are declared in KG.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 2%, the EU duty is 2.2%, the Türkiye duty is 2.2%, the US duty is 2%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–5%, the Brazil duty is 12.6%, the Argentina duty is 12.6%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 3%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free and the North Macedonia duty is 3%.
Nigeria imported goods of subheading 8481.10 worth US$18m in 2024; the largest supplier was China.
Questions and answers
What is the Nigeria import duty for CET code 8481.10.00.00?
The import duty in the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (Nigeria) is 10%; the supplementary unit is KG. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Where does Nigeria import these goods from?
For subheading 8481.10 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was China (US$11m), followed by the United States.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.