Code 8451 80 · Heading 8451

Machines for textile finishing, surface treatment, coating or impregnation, and for applying compounds in flooring production

This covers machines and apparatus for finishing, surface-treating, coating or impregnating textile yarn, fabric or processed textile goods. It also covers machines for applying compounds to textile fabric or another backing material when making flooring; it excludes felt finishing, calenders and ordinary presses.

For example

A machine for applying compounds to textile fabric or another backing material when making flooring
A machine for finishing or surface-treating textile yarn, fabric or processed textile goods
A machine for coating or impregnating textile yarn, fabric or processed textile goods

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Official tariff text

Machinery for dressing, finishing, coating or impregnating textile yarns, fabrics or other made-up textile articles and machines used in the manufacture of linoleum or other floor coverings for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support (excl. machinery for dressing or finishing felt, calenders and general purpose presses)

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XVI
84
8451
8451 80

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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 8451 Machinery (excl. of heading 8450) for washing, clea… 51 of 86 headings under chapter 84
Is it a dry-cleaning machine; a drying machine; an ironing machine or press; a washing, bleaching or dyeing machine; a machine for rolling, unrolling, joining, cutting or notching textile fabric; a machine for finishing, surface treatment, coating, impregnating or applying paste; or a part for one of these machines?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8451 80 Machinery for dressing, finishing, coating or impre… 7 of 8 subheadings under heading 8451
What is the machine designed to do: apply compounds to textile fabric or another backing material when making flooring; finish or surface-treat textile yarn, fabric or processed textile goods; or coat or impregnate textile yarn, fabric or processed textile goods?

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Import duty on the codes below: 2.2%

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8451 10 Dry-cleaning machines for made-up textile articles 2.2%
8451 21 Drying machines, of a dry linen capacity <= 10 kg (excl. centrifugal driers) 2.2%
8451 29 Drying machines for textile yarns, fabrics or made-up textile articles (excl. machines of a dry linen capacity <= 10 kg and centrifugal driers) 2.2%
8451 30 Ironing machines and presses, incl. fusing presses (excl. calenders) 2.2%
8451 40 Machines for washing, bleaching or dyeing textile yarns, fabrics or made-up textile articles (excl. household or laundry-type washing machines) 2.2%
8451 50 Machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics 2.2%
8451 80 Machinery for dressing, finishing, coating or impregnating textile yarns, fabrics or other made-up textile articles and machines used in the manufacture of linoleum or other floor coverings for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support (excl. machinery for dressing or finishing felt, calenders and general purpose presses) you are here 2.2%
8451 90 Parts of machines for washing, cleaning, wringing, drying, ironing, pressing, bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing, coating or impregnating textile yarns, fabrics or made-up textile articles; parts of machines used in the manufacture of linoleum or other floor coverings for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support; parts of machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics, n.e.s. 2.2%

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

84.51.8000 Other machinery

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

2.0%

Their lines3 British lines
EU originDuty free

8451 80 10 00 Machines used in the manufacture of linoleum or other floor coverings for applying

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. 18, 2026

8451.80.00.00 Machinery (other than machines of heading 8450) for washing, cleaning, wringing, drying

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.

84.51.8000

Other machinery

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.

All 3 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

2.0%

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.

8451.80.00.00

Machinery (other than machines of heading 8450) for washing, cleaning, wringing, drying, ironing, pressing (including fusing presses), bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing, coating or impregnating textile yarns, fabrics or made up textile articles and machines for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support used in the manufacture of floor coverings such as linoleum; machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics; parts thereof, Other machinery

General rate

3.5%

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. 18, 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.