HS code 8438: Machinery, not specified or included elsewhere
Heading 8438 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 84, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
8438Machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, other than machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils
Place in the nomenclature: 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof > 8438
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink (other than machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable fats or oils); parts thereof
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 8
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 11
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8438
- 8438 10Bakery machinery and machinery for the manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti or similar products
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Bakery machinery and machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti or similar products (excl. ovens, macaroni drying machines and dough rollers)
- 8438 10 10 Bakery machinery
- 8438 10 90 Machinery for the manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti or similar products
- 8438 20Machinery for the manufacture of confectionery, cocoa or chocolate
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of confectionery, cocoa or chocolate (excl. centrifuges and filtering, heating or refrigerating equipment)
- 8438 20 00 Machinery for the manufacture of confectionery, cocoa or chocolate
- 8438 30Machinery for sugar manufacture
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Machinery for sugar manufacture (excl. centrifuges and filtering, heating or refrigerating equipment)
- 8438 30 00 Machinery for sugar manufacture
- 8438 40Brewery machinery
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Brewery machinery (excl. centrifuges and filtering, heating or refrigerating equipment)
- 8438 40 00 Brewery machinery
- 8438 50Machinery for the preparation of meat or poultry
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Machinery for the industrial preparation of meat or poultry (excl. cooking and other heating appliances and refrigerating or freezing equipment)
- 8438 50 00 Machinery for the preparation of meat or poultry
- 8438 60Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Machinery for the industrial preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables (excl. cooking and other heating appliances, refrigerating or freezing equipment and machinery for the sorting or grading of fruit and vegetables)
- 8438 60 00 Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables
- 8438 80Other machinery
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, n.e.s.
- 8438 80 10 For the preparation of tea or coffee
- 8438 80 91 Other | For the preparation or manufacture of drink
- 8438 80 99 Other | Other
- 8438 90Parts
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Parts of machinery for the industrial preparation or manufacture of food or drink, n.e.s.
- 8438 90 00 Parts
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.