Code 8486 20 · Heading 8486

Machines and equipment for making semiconductor components or electronic integrated circuits

This code covers machines and equipment used to make semiconductor components or electronic integrated circuits. The item must be used for manufacturing one of these two product types.

For example

A machine used to manufacture semiconductor components
Equipment used to manufacture electronic integrated circuits

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Official tariff text

Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits

How we got to this code

XVI
84
8486
8486 20

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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 8486 Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or pri… 85 of 86 headings under chapter 84
Is it used to make semiconductor rods or wafers, semiconductor components or electronic integrated circuits, flat screens, or is it a machine or apparatus specified in the relevant chapter note?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8486 20 Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semic… 2 of 5 subheadings under heading 8486
Is it a machine or apparatus used to make semiconductor components or electronic integrated circuits?

Pick the 8-digit code

Import duty on the codes below: 0.0%

Only one code below

8486 20 00

Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits

Duty free

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

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8486 10 Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of boules or wafers 0.0%
8486 20 Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits you are here 0.0%
8486 30 Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of flat panel displays 0.0%
8486 40 Machines and apparatus specified in Note 11 C to chapter 84 0.0%
8486 90 Parts and accessories for machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays, and for machines and apparatus specified in note 11 C to chapter 84, 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

84.86.2000 Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines1 British line

8486 20 00 00 Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic

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. 17, 2026

8486.20.00.00 Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture

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.

84.86.2000

Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits

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.

8486 20 00 00

Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits

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.

8486.20.00.00

Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays; machines and apparatus specified in note 11(C) to this chapter; parts and accessories, Machines and apparatus for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits

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.