Customs Declare
HS 2022 subheading

HS code 8481.20: Hydraulic valves

HS code 8481.20 covers: Valves; for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions. It is a subheading of heading 8481, in chapter 84.

Where 8481.20 sits in the tariff

The first six digits are the same in every country that uses the Harmonized System. Countries and regions add their own digits after them.

  1. Chapter

    84 Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof

  2. Heading

    8481Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves

  3. Subheading

    8481.20 Valves; for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions

Other subheadings under heading 8481

How tariffs divide 8481.20 further

National and regional tariffs add digits after the six shared ones, splitting this subheading into more specific lines. The tables list every line we hold for 8481.20 in this language, in each publisher's own wording.

TariffApplies inLines
EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)European Union2
US Harmonized Tariff ScheduleUnited States8
UK Global Tariff commodity codesUnited Kingdom4
India ITC-HS (8-digit)India1
GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule1
EAC Common External TariffEast African Community1
Brazil NCMBrazil and Mercosur3
Turkey GTIPTürkiye2
Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)Egypt1
ECOWAS Common External TariffWest Africa1
Lines in total24

EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8)

European Union — 2 lines

CodeDescription
8481 20 10Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Valves for the control of oleohydraulic power transmission
8481 20 90Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission

US Harmonized Tariff Schedule

United States — 8 lines

CodeDescription
8481 20 00 10Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Hydraulic valves – Directional control – Manual type
8481 20 00 20Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Hydraulic valves – Directional control – Solenoid type
8481 20 00 30Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Hydraulic valves – Directional control – Other
8481 20 00 40Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Hydraulic valves – Flow control type
8481 20 00 50Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Hydraulic valves – Other
8481 20 00 60Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Other – Directional control – Solenoid type
8481 20 00 70Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Other – Directional control – Other
8481 20 00 80Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Other – Other

UK Global Tariff commodity codes

United Kingdom — 4 lines

CodeDescription
8481 20 10 20Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Valves for the control of oleohydraulic power transmission – For use in certain types of aircraft
8481 20 10 90Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Valves for the control of oleohydraulic power transmission – Other
8481 20 90 20Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission – For use in certain types of aircraft
8481 20 90 90Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission – Other

India ITC-HS (8-digit)

India — 1 line

CodeDescription
8481 20 00Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic

GCC integrated customs tariff (12-digit)

Gulf Cooperation Council, UAE schedule — 1 line

CodeDescription
8481 20 00 00 00Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions.

EAC Common External Tariff

East African Community — 1 line

CodeDescription
8481 20 00Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions

Brazil NCM

Brazil and Mercosur — 3 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8481 20 11Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Rotary, for hydraulic steering systems – With pinion
8481 20 19Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Rotary, for hydraulic steering systems – Other
8481 20 90Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions – Other

Turkey GTIP

Türkiye — 2 lines

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8481 20 10 00 00Hydraulic or pneumatic transmission valves, oil-operated: – Oil hydraulic power transmission control valves
8481 20 90 00 00Hydraulic or pneumatic transmission valves, oil-operated: – Pneumatic power transmission control valves - so

Egypt customs tariff (10-digit)

Egypt — 1 line

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8481 20 00 00Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions.

ECOWAS Common External Tariff

West Africa — 1 line

Machine translation by Customs Declare, not the publisher's text.

CodeDescription
8481 20 00 00Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions

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  • USITC
  • UK HMRC / DBT
  • State Council Tariff Commission (CN)
  • CBIC (India)
  • Dubai Customs
  • Siscomex (Brazil)
  • Resmî Gazete (Türkiye)
  • Egyptian Customs
  • ECOWAS
  • EAC
  • World Bank WITS
  • UNCTAD TRAINS
  • AfCFTA Secretariat
  • Eurasian Economic Commission
  • CEPII

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