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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 8442: Machinery, apparatus and equipment

Heading 8442 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

8442Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465) for preparing or making plates, cylinders or other printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)

Place in the nomenclature: 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof > 8442

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other than the machines of headings 8456 to 8465) for preparing or making plates, cylinders or other printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes, e.g. planed, grained or polished; parts thereof

Subheadings (6 digits)
3
CN codes (8 digits)
3

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8442

  • 8442 30Machinery, apparatus and equipment

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Machinery, apparatus and equipment for preparing or making printing plates, cylinders or other printing components (excl. machines of headings 8456 to 8465)

    • 8442 30 00 Machinery, apparatus and equipment
  • 8442 40Parts of the foregoing machinery, apparatus or equipment

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Parts of machinery, apparatus and equipment for preparing or making printing plates, cylinders or other printing components, n.e.s.

    • 8442 40 00 Parts of the foregoing machinery, apparatus or equipment
  • 8442 50Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Printing plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes, e.g. planed, grained or polished

    • 8442 50 00 Plates, cylinders and other printing components; plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed, grained or polished)

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.