HS Code 8474Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores in solid form, shaping, moulding machinery for solid mineral fuels

What HS code 8474 covers

It is about mineral processing machinery. These machines work on earth, stone and ores in solid form.

Think of a stone crusher at a quarry. Think of a screen that sorts material by size, or a concrete mixer on a building site. The heading also includes machines that press solid mineral fuels or ceramic paste into shape, and machines that form sand moulds for foundries.

The machine must work on the mineral material itself. A machine that digs or moves earth does a different job. It usually sits in another heading, explained further down.

Six-digit subheadings of 8474, explained

The table above gives the official wording of each code. These notes put the same codes in everyday words.

• They clean material and split it into grades.
• 847420: crushing or grinding machines. This is the home of the stone crusher.
• 847431: concrete or mortar mixers.
• 847432: machines that mix mineral substances with bitumen, such as asphalt mixing plant.
• 847480: machines that agglomerate, shape or mould solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements and plaster, plus foundry sand mould forming machines.
• 847490: parts of the machines in this heading.

Which HS code for a stone crusher, mixer or sorting machine?

Ask one question first: what does the machine do to the material? Then follow the answer.

• It splits material by size or washes it: start with 847410.
• It breaks material into smaller pieces: use 847420.
• It mixes concrete or mortar: use 847431. If it mixes minerals with bitumen, use 847432. Other mixing or kneading of minerals goes to 847439.
• It shapes or moulds fuels, ceramic paste, cement or plaster, or forms foundry sand moulds: use 847480.
• You are shipping a part, not the whole machine: use 847490.

Difference between HS 8474 and 8429, 8430 and other headings

Buyers often mix up 8474 with nearby machinery headings. The simple rule is that 8474 machines process mineral material, while other headings dig, move, cut or heat it.

• 8429 covers self-propelled bulldozers, graders, excavators, shovel loaders and road rollers.
• 8430 covers machinery for moving, levelling, excavating, extracting or boring earth, minerals or ores, plus pile drivers.
• 8431 covers parts for the machinery of headings 8425 to 8430. Parts for 8474 machines go to 847490 instead.
• 8464 covers machine-tools that work stone, ceramics, concrete or similar mineral materials.
• 8417 covers industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens that are not electric.
• 8475 covers machines for making or hot working glass.

Import and export records for HS 8474

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