UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 8409.91
8409 91 00 45: Petrol engine parts: Metal alloy intake and exhaust valve, with a rockwell hardness hrc 20 or more, for use in the manufacture of spark or compression ignition engines of motor vehicles
Petrol engine parts
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 8409 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 8408
- Other
- 8409 91 00 00 Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines
- 8409 91 00 45 Metal alloy intake and exhaust valve, with a rockwell hardness hrc 20 or more, for use in the manufacture of spark or compression ignition engines of motor vehicles
What you pay
Importing into UK
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 3
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 376
- Documents
- 9008
- Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1431
- Documents
- C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)
- Duty suspensionAirworthiness tariff suspension Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2018/1249
- Documents
- C119 Authorised Release Certificate — EASA Form 1 (Appendix I to Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 748/2012), or equivalent certificate
Import requirements 3
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Russia, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2023 No. 440, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9011
- 9022
- 9038
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on luxury goods
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Documents
- Y945 Travellers' personal effects or goods of a non-commercial nature for travellers' personal use contained in their luggage (Art 10.2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
- Y946 Goods necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States in the DPRK or international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, or to the personal effects of their staff (Art 10.3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
- Y948 Goods other than those described in Annex VIII (Luxury goods) of Reg. (EU) 2017/1509
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 2% |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code " EU") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu | Free |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| DCTS Standard | Indonesia | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
Footnotes
TN207 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 impose tr…
TN211 The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 impose trade restrictions on certain goo…
TN701 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 (OJ L183, p. 9), as retained in UK La…
The prohibition shall not apply in respect of:
(a) the execution until 26 September 2014, of trade contracts concluded before 25 June 2014, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the natural or legal persons, entity or body seeking to perform the contract have notified, at least 10 working days in advance, the activity or transaction to the competent authority of the Member State in which they are established.
(b) goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol which have been made available to the Ukrainian authorities for examination, for which compliance with the conditions conferring entitlement to preferential origin has been verified and for which a certificate of origin has been issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 374/2014, as retained in UK Law, or in accordance with the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
TN702 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 1351/2014 (OJ L365, p. 46), the export of good…
(a) to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Crimea or Sevastopol, or
(b) for use in Crimea or Sevastopol.
The prohibitions shall be without prejudice to the execution until 21 March 2015 of an obligation arising from a contract concluded before 20 December 2014, or by ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the competent authority has been informed at least five working days in advance.
When related to the use in Crimea or Sevastopol, the prohibitions do not apply where there are no reasonable grounds to determine that the goods and technology or the services are to be used in Crimea or Sevastopol.
UK: imports by month · HS 8409.91
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Germany | £433.5m | 45.5% | -11.5% |
 China | £70.8m | 7.4% | +3.9% |
 Italy | £50.7m | 5.3% | +6% |
 Türkiye | £47.6m | 5% | +6.8% |
 Czechia | £44.2m | 4.6% | -14% |
 France | £42.5m | 4.5% | -11.9% |
 Austria | £41.5m | 4.4% | -10.4% |
 Japan | £39.1m | 4.1% | -4.7% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EU 2.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 2.7% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines 
USA Free – 2.5% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 2% 
Canada Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Mexico Free – 5% Third-country duty 19 tariff lines · average 0.5% 
Brazil Free – 16% Third-country duty 12 tariff lines · average 14.7% 
Argentina Free – 16% Third-country duty 15 tariff lines · average 14.9% 
Peru Free Third-country duty 10 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 24 tariff lines · average 3.3% Japan Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Taiwan Free – 15% Third-country duty 13 tariff lines · average 8% 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 8% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line UK lines: 8409.91
- 8409 91 00 28Carburetor with: -2 mounting holes with a diameter of 31 mm, -a choke bore diameter of 18 mm or more, but not more than 19.05 mm for use in the manufacture of a two-stroke engine grass trimmer
- 8409 91 00 33Camshaft carrier for a spark-ignition piston internal combustion engine, made of adc12 aluminium alloy, with: -a weight of 4.0 kg or more but not more than 5.5 kg, -a wall thickness of 2.0 mm or more but not more than 6.0 mm, for use in the manufacture of motor vehicle engines
- 8409 91 00 35Fuel distribution pipe complete consisting of rail pipe, high pressure sensor and injectors for direct gasoline fuel injection with: -an operating pressure of not more than 22.5 mpa, -solenoid direct injector, -analog pressure sensor for not more than 22.5 mpa
- 8409 91 00 38Crankcase for 4-cylinder spark-ignition piston internal combustion engine, made of adc12 aluminium alloy, for use in the manufacture of motor vehicle engines
- 8409 91 00 40Fuel injector with solenoid valve for optimised atomisation in the combustion chamber for use in the manufacture of spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines of motor vehicles
- 8409 91 00 45Metal alloy intake and exhaust valve, with a rockwell hardness hrc 20 or more, for use in the manufacture of spark or compression ignition engines of motor vehicles
- 8409 91 00 50Exhaust manifold with turbine housing of turbochargers, with a hole to insert a turbine wheel, whereby the hole has a diameter of 28mm or more, but not more than 181mm
- 8409 91 00 55Nozzle body for the regulation of angle and distribution of fuel injection: -of a cylindrical shape, -made of stainless steel, -with 4 or more, but not more than 16 holes, -with a flow rate of 100 cm³/minute or more, but not more than 500 cm³/minute
- 8409 91 00 63Cylinder head blank for a four cylinder engine with 10 cores, made of aluminium alloy en ac-45500, with: - no other components, - a hardness of 90hb or more, - casting defects size of not more than 0.4 mm and not more than 10 defects per cm², - a dendrite arm space in combustion chamber of not more than 25 μm, - a double deck water jacket design, - a weight of 14 kg or more but not more than 19 kg, - a length of 460 mm or more but not more than 510 mm, - a height of 260 mm or more but not more than 286 mm and - a width of 140 mm or more but not more than 150 mm
- 8409 91 00 75Housing of fuel injection valve for generating an electromagnetic field to actuate the injection valve with: -an inlet diameter of 2 mm or more, but not more than 10 mm, -an outlet diameter of 2 mm or more, but not more than 10 mm, -an electric coil with a resistance of 10 ω or more, but not more than 15 ω, which ends in an electrical connection, -a plastic covering moulded around a stainless steel tube
- 8409 91 00 80Nozzle needle for opening and closing the flow of fuel in the engine, with: -2 holes, -4 grooves, -a diameter of 3 mm or more, but not more than 6 mm, -a length of 25 mm or more, but not more than 35 mm, -made of stainless steel with hard-chrome plating
- 8409 91 00 83Connecting rod for connecting pistons to the crankshaft of a passenger car engine: • made of an alloy containing 96% steel and the remainder being titanium, vanadium, aluminium, chromium, nickel, copper, phosphorus, silicon, sulphur, manganese, • with two connecting rod bolts, • with a bushing, • of a length of 120 mm or more but not more than 160 mm, • with a surface roughness corresponding to iso 4287-1997, for use in the manufacture of spark ignition motor vehicle engines
- 8409 91 00 90Suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition: other
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An exhaust manifold with turbine housing for turbochargers. It is made of SiMo spheroidal graphite cast iron. The component is for use with spark- ignition internal combustion piston engines. The component has a heat-resistance of not more than 1,050°C and has a hole to insert a turbine wheel,…
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Legal notes
Additional notes
1. For the purposes of subheadings 840710 and 840910, the expression ‘aircraft engines’ shall apply only to engines designed for fitting with an airscrew or rotor.
2. Subheading 84717030 shall also apply to CD-ROM drives, being storage units for automatic data-processing machines, which consist of drive units designed for retrieving the signals from CD-ROMs, audio CDs and photo CDs and equipped with a jack for earphones, a volume-control button or a start/stop button.
In the UK Global Tariff, 8409 91 00 45 is one of 13 lines under subheading 8409.91, suitable for use solely or principally with spark-ignition internal combustion….
The third-country duty is 2%.
Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 2%; 174 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported petrol engine parts (HS 8409.91) worth £951.9m (down 8% on the year before), at an average of £10.50 per kg; Germany supplied 46%, followed by China.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 2.7%, the Türkiye duty is 2.7%, the US duty is 0%–2.5%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 0%–5%, the Brazil duty is 0%–16%, the Argentina duty is 0%–16%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 0%–15%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 8% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 8409.91 worth US$1bn in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 8409 91 00 45?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 2%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 8409 91 00 45?
174 countries have a preferential rate on this line, 174 of them at 0%, under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union and DCTS Enhanced and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.
Do anti-dumping or other extra duties apply to 8409 91 00 45?
Additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
For subheading 8409.91 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$653m), followed by the Czechia.