Code 8471 50 · Heading 8471

Automatic data-processing units containing one or two built-in storage, input or output units, but not complete machines or peripherals

This covers automatic data-processing units that may contain one or two storage, input or output units in the same cabinet. It does not cover complete data-processing machines classified as the other complete-machine types or peripheral units.

For example

An automatic data-processing unit in one cabinet containing one storage unit

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Official tariff text

Processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excl. those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and excl. peripheral units)

How we got to this code

XVI
84
8471
8471 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 8471 Automatic data-processing machines and units thereo… 70 of 86 headings under chapter 84
Which type is it: a portable automatic data-processing machine of weight <= 10 kg with at least a central unit, keyboard and screen; an automatic data-processing machine with a central unit and an input and output unit in one cabinet; such a machine presented as a system; an automatic data-processing unit; an input or output unit; a storage unit; another unit; or a magnetic or optical reader or coded-data transfer or processing machine?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8471 50 Processing units for automatic data-processing mach… 4 of 8 subheadings under heading 8471
What type of item is it: a portable automatic data-processing machine weighing no more than 10 kg with at least a central unit, keyboard and screen; a complete machine with a central unit and input and output unit in one cabinet; a system made up of at least a central unit and an input and output unit; an automatic data-processing unit containing one or two storage, input or output units in one cabinet; an input or output unit; a storage unit; another unit for an automatic data-processing machine; or a reader or data-transfer or data-processing machine?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0%

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8471 50 00

Duty free

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

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8471 30 Data-processing machines, automatic, portable, weighing <= 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display (excl. peripheral units) 0.0%
8471 41 Data-processing machines, automatic, comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit, and one input unit and one output unit, whether or not combined (excl. portable weighing <= 10 kg and excl. those presented in the form of systems and peripheral units) 0.0%
8471 49 Data-processing machines, automatic, presented in the form of systems "comprising at least a central processing unit, one input unit and one output unit" (excl. portable weighing <= 10 kg and excl. peripheral units) 0.0%
8471 50 Processing units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units (excl. those of heading 8471.41 or 8471.49 and excl. peripheral units) you are here 0.0%
8471 60 Input or output units for automatic data-processing machines, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing 0.0%
8471 70 Storage units for automatic data-processing machines 0.0%
8471 80 Units for automatic data-processing machines (excl. processing units, input or output units and storage units) 0.0%
8471 90 Magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s. 0.0%

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

84.71.5000 Processing units other than those of subheading 84.71.4100 or 84.71.4900

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

8471 50 00 00 Processing units other than those of subheading|8471|41|or 8471|49

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

0.0%

Estimated from published US measures

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8471.50.01.10 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers

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.

84.71.5000

Processing units other than those of subheading 84.71.4100 or 84.71.4900, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit; storage units, input units, output units

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.

See the 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

8471 50 00 00

Processing units other than those of subheading|8471|41|or 8471|49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units

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.

8471.50.01.10

Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included, Processing units other than those of subheading 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units, With cathode-ray tube (CRT)

General rate

Free

From the EU

0.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.86 U.S. note 52(b) to subchapter III of chapter 99, 91 FR 47318: as provided in heading 9903.05.86, the duties imposed by headings 9903.05.20 through 9903.05.84 shall not apply to articles classifiable in the listed provisions
8471.50.01.50

Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included, Processing units other than those of subheading 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units, Other

General rate

Free

From the EU

0.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.86 U.S. note 52(b) to subchapter III of chapter 99, 91 FR 47318: as provided in heading 9903.05.86, the duties imposed by headings 9903.05.20 through 9903.05.84 shall not apply to articles classifiable in the listed provisions

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.