UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 8483.10
8483 10 21 10: Transmission shafts and crankshafts: For use in civil aircraft
Transmission shafts and crankshafts
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 8483 Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks; bearing housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters; flywheels and pulleys, including pulley blocks; clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints)
- 8483 10 00 00 Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks
- Cranks and crank shafts
- 8483 10 21 00 Of cast iron or cast steel
- 8483 10 21 10 For use in civil aircraft
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 suspensionNon preferential duty under end-use Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/1430
- Documents
- N990 EUS - Authorisation for the use of end use procedure (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) | — | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | 0.8% |
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 8483.10
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Germany | £157.8m | 23.8% | +12% |
 United States | £87.8m | 13.3% | +1.2% |
 China | £77.6m | 11.7% | -23.5% |
 Japan | £55.7m | 8.4% | +21.6% |
 France | £53.5m | 8.1% | -0% |
| United Kingdom | £50.1m | 7.6% | +12.1% |
 Spain | £48.4m | 7.3% | -7.1% |
 India | £34m | 5.1% | +20.9% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
8483.10 Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks
EU 4% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
Türkiye Free – 4% Third-country duty 12 tariff lines · average 2.3% USA Free – 2.5% General (MFN) 3 tariff lines · average 1.7% 
Canada Free Third-country duty 6 tariff lines 
Mexico Free Third-country duty 8 tariff lines 
Brazil Free – 16% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines · average 12.5% 
Argentina Free – 16% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines · average 12.4% 
Peru Free Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines · average 3.8% · 1× specific or compound duty Japan Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Taiwan 3.4% – 15% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines · average 8.3% 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 4% – 5% Third-country duty 6 tariff lines · average 4.8% 
Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line UK lines: 8483.10
- 8483 10 21 10For use in civil aircraft
- 8483 10 21 90Of cast iron or cast steel: other
- 8483 10 25 10For use in civil aircraft
- 8483 10 25 90Of open-die forged steel: other
- 8483 10 29 10For use in civil aircraft
- 8483 10 29 90Cranks and crank shafts: other, other
- 8483 10 50 10For use in civil aircraft
- 8483 10 50 90Transmission shafts: articulated shafts, other
- 8483 10 95 10For use in civil aircraft
- 8483 10 95 30Steel alloy splined shaft (torque shaft) with straight teeth and involute profile, with: -external toothing in a diametral pitch standard, -17 teeth or more, but not more than 50 teeth, -a diameter of 35 mm or more, but not more than 145 mm, -a length of 200 mm or more, but not more than 1345 mm, -a hardness of 35 hrc or more, but not more than 45 hrc
- 8483 10 95 40Stepped shaft made of carbon steel with: -rolled, involute profiled, splined shaft end, the helix angle of which is at least 0°15.5' but not more than 0° 21.5', -a largest diameter of 16 mm or more, but not more than 18 mm, -a length of 137 mm or more, but not more than 155 mm, -a weight of 0.12 kg or more, but not more than 0.28 kg
- 8483 10 95 50Drum shaft for torque transmission, in steel (to sm45c for shaft standard and sts430 for ring standard) with: -a length of 137.8 mm or more but not more than 138.2 mm, -an outer diameter of 23 mm or more but not more than 48.025 mm, -a weight of 1.0245 kg or more but not more than 1.0445 kg, -a hardness of the shaft of 40 or more on the rockwell c hardness scale (hrc), but not more than 50 hrc, -a ring hardness of 90 or more on the rockwell b hardness scale (hrb), but not more than 120 hrb, -an external 37-teeth spline with major diameter of 41 mm or more but not more than 48 mm
- 8483 10 95 90Transmission shafts: other, other
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N362016 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a lamination core and a shaft from South Korea
- N360918 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a metal shaft and a tappet gear assembly from Germany
- N353588 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of castings from Canada
- N349527 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of camshafts from New Zealand
6 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
In the UK Global Tariff, 8483 10 21 10 is one of 13 lines under subheading 8483.10, transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks.
No rate is printed on this line itself.
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 transmission shafts and crankshafts (HS 8483.10) worth £662m (up 2% on the year before), at an average of £11.20 per kg; Germany supplied 24%, followed by United States.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is 4%, the Türkiye duty is 0%–4%, the US duty is 0%–2.5%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is free, 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 3.4%–15%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 4%–5% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 8483.10 worth US$678m in 2024; the largest supplier was Germany.
Questions and answers
Do anti-dumping or other extra duties apply to 8483 10 21 10?
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 8483.10 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Germany (US$180m), followed by the United States.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.