Code 8456 11 · Heading 8456

Laser-powered material-removing machine, excluding soldering, welding and specified material-testing machines

This covers machine tools that remove material from any material using laser light. It excludes soldering and welding machines, including those that can also cut, and material-testing machines for manufacturing semiconductor components or electronic integrated circuits.

For example

Industrial laser cutting machine for metal
Laser engraving machine that removes material from plastic

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Official tariff text

Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, operated by laser (excl. soldering and welding machines, also those which can be used for cutting, material testing machines and machines for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits)

How we got to this code

XVI
84
8456
8456 11

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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 8456 Machine tools for working any material by removal o… 56 of 86 headings under chapter 84
Which process removes the material: laser; another light or photon beam; ultrasound; electrical discharge machining; plasma arc; water cutting; or another named process such as an electrochemical process, electron beam or ion beam?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8456 11 Machine tools for working any material by removal o… 1 of 7 subheadings under heading 8456
Is the machine used exclusively or mainly to manufacture printed circuits, printed circuit boards with printed circuits, parts for heading 8517, or parts of automatic data-processing machines?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0–4.5%

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 3.5%.

8456 11 Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, operated by laser (excl. soldering and welding machines, also those which can be used for cutting, material testing machines and machines for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits) you are here 0.0–4.5%
8456 12 Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, operated by light or photon beam processes other than laser (excl. soldering and welding machines, also those which can be used for cutting, material testing machines and machines for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits) 0.0–4.5%
8456 20 Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, operated by ultrasonic processes (excl. cleaning apparatus operated by ultrasonic processes and material testing machines) 3.5%
8456 30 Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, operated by electro-discharge processes 3.5%
8456 40 Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, operated by plasma arc processes 3.5%
8456 50 Water-jet cutting machines 1.7%
8456 90 Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, operated by electro-chemical, electron beam or ionic-beam processes (excl. soldering and welding machines, material testing machines and machines for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits) 3.5%

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

84.56.1100 Operated by laser

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

From 0.0% to 4.0%

Their lines2 British lines

8456 11 10 00 Of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits, printed

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines4 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8456.11.10.10 Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light

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.

84.56.1100

Operated by laser

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.

8456 11 10 00

Of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits, printed circuit assemblies, parts of heading 8517, or parts of automatic data processing machines

Ordinary duty

Duty free
8456 11 90 00

Other

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.

8456.11.10.10

Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron-beam, ionic-beam or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines, Operated by laser or other light or photon beam processes, Operated by laser, For working metal, Numerically controlled

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
8456.11.10.50

Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron-beam, ionic-beam or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines, Operated by laser or other light or photon beam processes, Operated by laser, For working metal, Other

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
8456.11.70.00

Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron-beam, ionic-beam or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines, Operated by laser or other light or photon beam processes, Operated by laser, Other, Of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of printed circuits, printed circuit assemblies, parts of heading 8517 or parts of automatic data processing units

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
8456.11.90.00

Machine tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron-beam, ionic-beam or plasma arc processes; water-jet cutting machines, Operated by laser or other light or photon beam processes, Operated by laser, Other

General rate

2.4%

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.