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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 8453: Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides

Heading 8453 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

8453Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, other than sewing machines

Place in the nomenclature: 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof > 8453

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather (excl. drying machines, spray guns, machines for the dehairing of pigs, sewing machines and general purpose presses); parts thereof

Subheadings (6 digits)
4
CN codes (8 digits)
4

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8453

  • 8453 10Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather (excl. drying machines, spray guns, machines for the dehairing of pigs, sewing machines and general purpose presses)

    • 8453 10 00 Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather
  • 8453 20Machinery for making or repairing footwear

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Machinery for making or repairing footwear of hides, skins or leather (excl. sewing machines)

    • 8453 20 00 Machinery for making or repairing footwear
  • 8453 80Other machinery

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Machinery for making or repairing articles of hides, skins or leather (excl. footwear and sewing machines)

    • 8453 80 00 Other machinery
  • 8453 90Parts

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Parts of machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or repairing footwear or other articles of hides, skins or leather, n.e.s.

    • 8453 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.