Code 8456 90 · Heading 8456

Tool machines for machining any material using electrochemical processes, electron beams or ion beams, not elsewhere specified

This covers tool machines that machine any material by electrochemical processes, electron beams or ion beams. It does not cover the separately named laser or other light-beam, ultrasonic, electrical-discharge, plasma-arc or waterjet machines.

For example

An electrochemical machining tool machine for machining any material
An electron-beam machining tool machine for machining any material
An ion-beam machining tool machine for machining any material

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Official tariff text

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)

How we got to this code

XVI
84
8456
8456 90

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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 90 Machine tools for working any material by removal o… 7 of 7 subheadings under heading 8456
Does the tool machine machine any material using electrochemical processes, electron beams or ion beams, rather than laser or other light beams, ultrasound, electrical discharge, plasma arc or waterjet?

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Import duty on the codes below: 3.5%

Only one code below

8456 90 00

3.5%

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

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This is the catch-all under 8456: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

Within this parent group, this is for machines using electrochemical processes, electron beams or ion beams that are not covered by the sibling categories for laser or other light beams, ultrasound, electrical discharge, plasma arc or waterjet.

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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) 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) you are here 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

84.56.9000 Other

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

2.0%

Their lines1 British line
EU originDuty free

8456 90 00 00 Other

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

8456.90.31.00 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.

84.56.9000

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.

8456 90 00 00

Other

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.

8456.90.31.00

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, Other, For working metal

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
8456.90.71.00

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, Other

General rate

2.2%

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.