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Code 8471 90 · Heading 8471

Other magnetic or optical readers and coded-data transfer or processing machines

This covers magnetic and optical readers, machines that transfer data to data media in coded form, and machines that process such data. It is for these goods when they do not belong to one of the specifically named neighbouring categories of automatic data-processing machines or their named units.

For example

  • A magnetic reader of the type named in this code, not a named automatic data-processing machine or named unit
  • An optical reader of the type named in this code, not a named automatic data-processing machine or named unit
See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s.

How we got to this code

  1. XVI
  2. 84
  3. 8471
  4. 8471 90
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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0%

Only one code below

8471 90 00

Magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, n.e.s.

Duty free

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

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This is the catch-all under 8471: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

Within this parent group, this is where the named magnetic or optical readers and coded-data transfer or processing machines go when no neighbouring code names their product class.

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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 lines2 Norwegian lines

84.71.9001 Optical readers (scanners)

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

  • Their lines1 British line

8471 90 00 00 Other

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

0.0%

Estimated from published US measures

  • Their lines1 US line
  • Entry dateSept. 18, 2026

8471.90.00.00 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.

See the 2 Norwegian lines

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.

  • 84.71.9001

    Optical readers (scanners)

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 84.71.9009

    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.

See the 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

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

  • 8471 90 00 00

    Other

    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).

See the 1 US line

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.

  • 8471.90.00.00

    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, 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. 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.