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HS code for printers
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “printers” points to heading 8443: printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing components of heading 8442; other printers, copying machines and facsimile machines, whether or not combined; parts and accessories thereof. 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 8443 into 23 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
In the EU Combined Nomenclature, 8443 covers 23 tariff lines and the duty is between 0% and 1.7%. 9 of them are duty-free.
The Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule divides 8443 into 37 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 6% (average 1.4%). 11 of them are duty-free.
Duty rates compared
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USASee also
- photocopiers
- laser printers
- inkjet printers
- copying machines
- inkjet printhead
- reel fed presses
- computer printers
- printhead, thermal
- photo copying apparatus
- printer toner, with print head
- other offset printing machinery
- printer cartridges, with print head
- printer cartridges filled with printhead
- printers all in one with fax copiers etc
- newspaper and magazine printing machinery
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for printers?
Printers are classified under 8443 (Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing…) in the Harmonized System. National tariffs add more digits; see the lines on this page.