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HS code for spreading machines - textile
In the UK Trade Tariff’s list of everyday names, “spreading machines - textile” points to heading 8445: machines for preparing textile fibres; spinning, doubling or twisting machines and other machinery for producing textile yarns; textile reeling or winding (including weft-winding) machines and machines for preparing textile yarns for use on the machines of heading 8446 or 8447. 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.
In the UK Global Tariff, 8445 covers 8 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides 8445 into 8 tariff lines; the duty is 1.7%.
In the Turkish Customs Tariff Schedule, 8445 covers 9 tariff lines and the duty is 1.7%.
Duty rates compared
UK Free Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
EU 1.7% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
Türkiye 1.7% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines 
USA Free – 3.7% General (MFN) 8 tariff lines · average 1.3% 
Canada Free Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
Mexico Free Third-country duty 11 tariff lines 
Brazil 7.2% – 20% Third-country duty 32 tariff lines · average 12.2% 
Argentina Free – 12.6% Third-country duty 32 tariff lines · average 5.1% 
Peru Free Third-country duty 9 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 10 tariff lines · average 0.5% 
Japan Free Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
Taiwan 2% Third-country duty 17 tariff lines 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
Norway Free Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines See also
- leviathans
- weft winders
- sizing machines
- spinning frames
- carding machines
- scutching machines
- tow to yarn machines
- warp sizing machines
- wool scouring machines
- textile roving machines
- textile drawing machines
- textile reeling machines
- textile winding machines
- raw stock dyeing machines
- wool carbonising machines
- doubling machines for yarn
- throwing machines, textile
- twisting machines for yarn
- horsehair knotting machines
- combing machines for textiles
- gill boxes for combing textiles
- cotton fibres separating machines
- beaters and spreaders for textiles
- warp tying in or twisting in machines
- backwashing machine for preparing textiles
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for spreading machines - textile?
Spreading machines - textile are classified under 8445 (Machines for preparing textile fibres) in the Harmonized System. National tariffs add more digits; see the lines on this page.