HS Code 8461Machine-tools; for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting and grinding, finishing, sawing, cutting off and other tools working by removing metal, sintered metal carbides or cermets n.e.c.

What HS code 8461 covers

Heading 8461 is for machine-tools that cut metal away from a workpiece. It also takes other metal-removing tools that no other heading in Chapter 84 names. The heading applies as well when the material being cut is sintered metal carbides or cermets.

Customs use the first four digits for the tariff classification of the machine. In some markets people search for the same number as HSN code 8461.

Note that the heading names real machine types first. The phrase "not elsewhere classified" matters mostly for the last subheading, not for the whole heading.

Subheadings under HS heading 8461 and how to choose one

Start with what the machine does. Match its main job to one subheading. Each one below is a metal-removing machine-tool, so the job is what separates them.

• 846120: shaping or slotting machines. The tool moves in a straight line to cut a flat or slotted surface.
• 846130: broaching machines. A toothed tool is pushed or pulled through or across the part.
• Pick this for any machine built to make or finish gears.
• Pick this when the main job is to cut a bar, tube or block to length.
• 846190: planing machines and other machine-tools of this heading not named above. Use it when planing is the job, or when no other subheading fits.

HS 8461 compared with nearby machine-tool headings

Many metal-working machines sit close together in Chapter 84, so mistakes are common. These checks help you rule out the wrong heading.

• HS 8456: machines that remove material by laser, light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron beam, ionic-beam or plasma arc processes, plus water-jet cutting machines.
• HS 8457: machining centres, single-station unit construction machines and multi-station transfer machines for metal.
• HS 8459: machines for drilling, boring, milling, threading or tapping by removing metal, other than lathes.
• HS 8460: machines for deburring, sharpening, grinding, honing, lapping, polishing or finishing metal with grinding stones, abrasives or polishing products.
• HS 8462: machines and presses that work metal by forging, hammering, bending or folding, rather than by cutting it away.
• HS 8466: parts and accessories for machines of headings 8456 to 8465, such as work holders and tool holders.

HS code 8461 import and export data: who imports gear cutting machines

A heading page tells you what the code means. Shipment records tell you who trades it. To find who imports gear cutting machines, search 846140. For broaching machines, search 846130, and so on for each subheading.

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