Code 8461 50 · Heading 8461

Machine saws and cutting-off machines for working metal, excluding hand tools

This category covers machine saws and cutting-off machines used to work metal. The equipment must be a machine rather than a hand tool.

For example

Industrial circular saw for cutting metal
Metalworking band saw
Metal-cutting machine for cutting off sections

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Official tariff text

Sawing or cutting-off machines, for working metals, metal carbides or cermets (excl. machines for working in the hand)

How we got to this code

XVI
84
8461
8461 50

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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 8461 Machine tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broac… 61 of 86 headings under chapter 84
Is it a shaping or slotting machine, a broaching machine, a gearmaking or gear-finishing machine, a machine saw or cutting machine, or another planing or metal-cutting machine tool not named more specifically?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8461 50 Sawing or cutting-off machines, for working metals,… 4 of 5 subheadings under heading 8461
Is it a circular saw, another type of machine saw, or a cutting-off machine?

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Import duty on the codes below: 1.7%

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8461 20 Shaping or slotting machines, for working metals, metal carbides or cermets 1.7%
8461 30 Broaching machines, for working metals, metal carbides or cermets 1.7%
8461 40 Gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machines, for working metals, metal carbides or cermets (excl. planing, slotting and broaching machines) 1.7–2.7%
8461 50 Sawing or cutting-off machines, for working metals, metal carbides or cermets (excl. machines for working in the hand) you are here 1.7%
8461 90 Planing machines and other machine tools for working metals, metal carbides or cermets by removing material, n.e.s. 2.7%

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

84.61.5000 Sawing or cutting-off machines

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines3 British lines

8461 50 11 00 Circular saws

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

10.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines5 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8461.50.40.10 Machine tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding

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.

84.61.5000

Sawing or cutting-off machines

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

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.

8461.50.40.10

Machine tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine tools working by removing metal or cermets, not elsewhere specified or included, Sawing or cutting-off machines, Numerically controlled, Used or rebuilt

General rate

4.4%

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
8461.50.40.50

Machine tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine tools working by removing metal or cermets, not elsewhere specified or included, Sawing or cutting-off machines, Numerically controlled, Other

General rate

4.4%

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
8461.50.80.10

Machine tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine tools working by removing metal or cermets, not elsewhere specified or included, Sawing or cutting-off machines, Other, Used or rebuilt

General rate

4.4%

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
8461.50.80.20

Machine tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine tools working by removing metal or cermets, not elsewhere specified or included, Sawing or cutting-off machines, Other, Other, valued under $3,025 each

General rate

4.4%

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
8461.50.80.90

Machine tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine tools working by removing metal or cermets, not elsewhere specified or included, Sawing or cutting-off machines, Other

General rate

4.4%

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.