Code 8438 60 · Heading 8438

Industrial machines for processing and preparing fruit, nuts and vegetables, excluding cooking, heating, cooling, freezing and sorting machines

This covers machines and apparatus for the industrial processing or preparation of fruit, nuts and vegetables. It does not cover cooking or other heating equipment, cooling or freezing equipment, or fruit and vegetable sorting machines.

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Official tariff text

Machinery for the industrial preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables (excl. cooking and other heating appliances, refrigerating or freezing equipment and machinery for the sorting or grading of fruit and vegetables)

How we got to this code

XVI
84
8438
8438 60

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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 8438 Machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in t… 38 of 86 headings under chapter 84
Is it a machine for bakery or pasta production, confectionery/cocoa/chocolate, a sugar factory, a brewery, meat or poultry, fruit/nuts/vegetables, another industrial food or drink use, or is it a part?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8438 60 Machinery for the industrial preparation of fruits,… 6 of 8 subheadings under heading 8438
What is the machine or apparatus for: baking or making pasta; making confectionery, cocoa or chocolate; use in a sugar factory; use in a brewery; processing or preparing meat or poultry; processing or preparing fruit, nuts or vegetables; another food or drink process; or is it a part?

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Import duty on the codes below: 1.7%

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8438 60 00

1.7%

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

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8438 10 Bakery machinery and machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti or similar products (excl. ovens, macaroni drying machines and dough rollers) 1.7%
8438 20 Machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of confectionery, cocoa or chocolate (excl. centrifuges and filtering, heating or refrigerating equipment) 1.7%
8438 30 Machinery for sugar manufacture (excl. centrifuges and filtering, heating or refrigerating equipment) 1.7%
8438 40 Brewery machinery (excl. centrifuges and filtering, heating or refrigerating equipment) 1.7%
8438 50 Machinery for the industrial preparation of meat or poultry (excl. cooking and other heating appliances and refrigerating or freezing equipment) 1.7%
8438 60 Machinery for the industrial preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables (excl. cooking and other heating appliances, refrigerating or freezing equipment and machinery for the sorting or grading of fruit and vegetables) you are here 1.7%
8438 80 Machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, n.e.s. 1.7%
8438 90 Parts of machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, n.e.s. 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 lines1 Norwegian line

84.38.6000 Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

8438 60 00 00 Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines1 US line
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8438.60.00.00 Machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, for the industrial

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.

84.38.6000

Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables

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.

8438 60 00 00

Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables

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.

8438.60.00.00

Machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, other than machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils; parts thereof, Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables

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.