HS code 8478: Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco
Heading 8478 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
8478Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter
Place in the nomenclature: 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof > 8478
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; parts thereof
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 2
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 2
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8478
- 8478 10Machinery
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco (excl. dryers and other heating equipment, centrifuges and filter presses)
- 8478 10 00 Machinery
- 8478 90Parts
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Parts of machinery for preparing or making up tobacco, n.e.s.
- 8478 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.