Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) · Swiss tariff number · HS 8474.80
8474.80.00: Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing: other machinery
Other mineral processing machinery
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), in force from 24 October 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 8474 Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances, in solid (including powder or paste) form; machinery for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials or other mineral products in powder or paste form; machines for forming foundry moulds of sand
- 8474.80.00 other machinery
What you pay
Importing into Switzerland
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
8474.80 Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing: other machinery
UK Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
EU Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Türkiye Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Mexico Free – 15% General (MFN) 7 tariff lines · average 4.3% 
Brazil 20% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Argentina 12.6% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines 
Peru Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free – 5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 3.3% 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
GCC 5% General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Legal notes
Swiss tariff number 8474.80.00 is a line of the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) under HS subheading 8474.80 (machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing: other machinery).
The normal tariff rate is free.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–15%, the Brazil duty is 20%, 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 free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
Switzerland imported goods of subheading 8474.80 worth US$12m in 2024; the largest supplier was Poland.
Questions and answers
What is the Switzerland import duty for Swiss tariff number 8474.80.00?
The normal tariff rate in the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) is free. 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 Switzerland import these goods from?
For subheading 8474.80 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Poland (US$4m), followed by Germany.
Typical products
- bricanion lath making machines
- brick making machines of the press or extrusion types
- machinery for extruding graphite pencil leads
- machinery for moulding blackboard chalks
- machinery for moulding graphite electrodes
- machinery for moulding plaster staff stucco etc articles
- machinery for moulding porcelain artificial teeth
- machines for agglomerating solid mineral fuel
- machines for moulding or extruding earthenware pipes
- potters wheels and similar machines
- tile moulding machines
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.