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Code 8408 20 · Heading 8408

Diesel or semi-diesel piston engines for chapter 87 vehicles

This category covers compression-ignition piston engines used to propel vehicles covered by chapter 87. The engine’s intended vehicle or use, and its power where specified, determine the more detailed child category.

For example

  • Diesel piston engine for propelling a motor vehicle
  • Diesel piston engine for propelling an agricultural tractor
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Official tariff text

Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine "diesel or semi-diesel engine", for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87

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  1. XVI
  2. 84
  3. 8408
  4. 8408 20
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Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

  • Their lines1 Norwegian line

84.08.2000 Engines of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of Chapter 87

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 0.0% to 4.0%

  • Their lines8 British lines

8408 20 10 00 For the industrial assembly of: pedestrian-controlled tractors of subheading|8701|10

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

From 10.0% to 15.0%

Estimated from published US measures

  • Their lines4 US lines
  • Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8408.20.10.40 Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines)

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

  • 84.08.2000

    Engines of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of Chapter 87

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

  • 8408 20 10 00

    For the industrial assembly of: pedestrian-controlled tractors of subheading|8701|10; motor vehicles of heading|8703; motor vehicles of heading|8704|with an engine of a cylinder capacity of less than 2|500|cm$3; motor vehicles of heading|8705

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free
  • 8408 20 31 00

    Not exceeding 50 kW

    Ordinary duty
    4.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 8408 20 35 00

    Exceeding 50 kW but not exceeding 100 kW

    Ordinary duty
    4.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 8408 20 37 00

    Exceeding 100 kW

    Ordinary duty
    4.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 8408 20 51 00

    Not exceeding 50 kW

    Ordinary duty
    4.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 8408 20 55 00

    Exceeding 50 kW but not exceeding 100 kW

    Ordinary duty
    4.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 8408 20 57 00

    Exceeding 100 kW but not exceeding 200 kW

    Ordinary duty
    4.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.
  • 8408 20 99 00

    Exceeding 200 kW

    Ordinary duty
    4.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

  • 8408.20.10.40

    Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), Engines of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, To be installed in tractors suitable for agricultural use, Not exceeding 37.3 kW

    General rate
    Free
    From the EU
    10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
  • 8408.20.10.80

    Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), Engines of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, To be installed in tractors suitable for agricultural use, Exceeding 37.3 kW

    General rate
    Free
    From the EU
    10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99
  • 8408.20.20.00

    Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), Engines of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, To be installed in vehicles of subheading 8701.21, 8701.22, 8701.23, 8701.24 or 8701.29, or heading 8702, 8703 or 8704

    General rate
    2.5%
    From the EU
    15.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.94.53 Section 232 passenger vehicles and light trucks, Proclamation 10908 as applied to the European Union by the notice at 90 FR 46136 of 25 September 2025 (retroactive to 1 August 2025), headings 9903.94.52 and 9903.94.53 of subchapter III of chapter 99 with U.S. note 33(o) with the line list of subdivision (g): 15% all-in on parts of passenger vehicles and light trucks of the European Union
  • 8408.20.90.00

    Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), Engines of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, Other

    General rate
    2.5%
    From the EU
    10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.