Code 8424 20 · Heading 8424

Spray guns and similar tools, excluding electric metal thermal-spraying equipment and steam or sand blasters

This code covers spray guns and similar tools for spraying or applying liquids or powders. It does not cover electric machines and equipment for thermal spraying of metal or sintered metal carbides, or steam and sand blasters and similar machines.

For example

A spray gun for applying liquid
A similar hand tool for spraying powder

See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Spray guns and similar appliances (other than electrical machines, appliances and other devices for spraying molten metals or metal carbides of heading 8515, sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines)

How we got to this code

XVI
84
8424
8424 20

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Step 1 · Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equ…
Is the product a machine, apparatus or mechanical tool, or is it electrical equipment, a sound recorder or player, or a television image and sound recorder or player?
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Step 2 · Chapter 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical… 1 of 2 chapters in section XVI
What is the machine, appliance or part specifically designed to do?
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Step 3 · Heading 8424 Mechanical appliances, whether or not hand-operated… 24 of 86 headings under chapter 84
Is it a fire extinguisher; a spray gun or similar tool; a steam-jet, sandblasting or similar machine; a hand-held agricultural or horticultural sprayer; an agricultural or horticultural sprayer for mounting on or towing by a tractor; another agricultural or horticultural mechanical sprayer or atomiser, including a hand-operated one but excluding sprayers; another mechanical sprayer, atomiser or spreader; or a part?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8424 20 Spray guns and similar appliances (other than elect… 2 of 8 subheadings under heading 8424
What type of product is it: a fire extinguisher, a spray gun or similar tool, a steam or sand blaster, an agricultural sprayer, another spraying or spreading apparatus, or a part?

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Import duty on the codes below: 1.7%

Only one code below

8424 20 00

1.7%

This subheading has one 8-digit code, so that is the code to use.

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8424 10 Fire extinguishers, whether or not charged 1.7%
8424 20 Spray guns and similar appliances (other than electrical machines, appliances and other devices for spraying molten metals or metal carbides of heading 8515, sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines) you are here 1.7%
8424 30 Steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines, incl. water cleaning appliances with built-in motor (excl. appliances for cleaning special containers) 1.7%
8424 41 Agricultural or horticultural sprayers, portable 1.7%
8424 49 Agricultural or horticultural sprayers (excl. portable) 1.7%
8424 82 Agricultural or horticultural mechanical appliances, whether or not hand-operated, for projecting or dispersing liquids or powders (excl. sprayers) 1.7%
8424 89 Mechanical appliances, whether or not hand-operated, for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, n.e.s. 0.0–1.7%
8424 90 Parts of fire extinguishers, spray guns and similar appliances, steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines and machinery and apparatus for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders, n.e.s. 0.0–1.7%

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 lines2 Norwegian lines

84.24.2001 Compressed air paint and metal spray guns

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

8424 20 00 00 Spray guns and similar appliances

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8424.20.10.00 Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated) for projecting, dispersing

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.

84.24.2001

Compressed air paint and metal spray guns

Ordinary duty

Duty free
84.24.2009

Other

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.

8424 20 00 00

Spray guns and similar appliances

Ordinary duty

Duty free

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.

8424.20.10.00

Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines; parts thereof, Spray guns and similar appliances, Simple piston pump sprays and powder bellows

General rate

2.9%

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
8424.20.90.00

Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines; parts thereof, Spray guns and similar appliances, Other

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

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.