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HS code for ceramic working machinery
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “ceramic working machinery” points to heading 8456: machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electrodischarge, electrochemical, electron beam, ionic-beam or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines. Check the description and the notes of the chapter before declaring: the right code depends on what the goods are made of and how they are used.
The UK Global Tariff divides 8456 into 11 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 4% (average 1.8%). 3 of them are duty-free.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 8456 covers 11 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 4.5%. 2 of them are duty-free.
The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides 8456 into 12 tariff lines; the duty is between 1.7% and 4.5% (average 3.7%).
Duty rates compared
UK Free – 4% Third-country duty 11 tariff lines · average 1.8% 
EU Free – 4.5% Third-country duty 11 tariff lines · average 2.9% 
Türkiye 1.7% – 4.5% Third-country duty 12 tariff lines · average 3.7% 
USA Free – 3.5% General (MFN) 15 tariff lines · average 2.5% 
Canada Free General (MFN) 7 tariff lines 
Mexico Free General (MFN) 9 tariff lines 
Brazil 4% – 20% General (MFN) 14 tariff lines · average 15.2% 
Argentina Free – 12.6% General (MFN) 16 tariff lines · average 9.4% 
Peru Free General (MFN) 7 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 43 tariff lines · average 2% 
Japan Free General (MFN) 9 tariff lines 
Taiwan Free – 6% General (MFN) 10 tariff lines · average 3.4% 
GCC Free – 5% General (MFN) 11 tariff lines · average 0.9% 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 7 tariff lines 
Norway Free General (MFN) 7 tariff lines 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 11 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 7 tariff lines See also
- water jet cutters
- bone-working machinery
- cork working machinery
- electrolytic sharpeners
- concrete working machinery
- machines for engraving glass
- water jet profiling machines
- electrolytic polishing apparatus
- spark erosion machines, metal working
- machines for drilling or shaping minerals
- machines for deburring via anodic dissolution
- glass-working machines (for hot working glass)
- machines for precision finishing flat surfaces
- machines for working diamond or metal carbide dies
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for ceramic working machinery?
Ceramic working machinery are classified under 8456 (Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or…) in the Harmonized System. National tariffs add more digits; see the lines on this page.