HS code 8480: Moulding boxes for metal foundry
Heading 8480 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
8480Moulding boxes for metal foundry; mould bases; moulding patterns; moulds for metal (other than ingot moulds), metal carbides, glass, mineral materials, rubber or plastics
Place in the nomenclature: 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof > 8480
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Moulding boxes for metal foundry; mould bases; moulding patterns; moulds for metal (other than ingot moulds), metal carbides, glass, mineral materials, rubber or plastics (excl. moulds of graphite or other carbons, ceramic or glass moulds and linotype moulds or matrices)
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 9
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 10
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8480
- 8480 10Moulding boxes for metal foundry
- 8480 10 00 Moulding boxes for metal foundry
- 8480 20Mould bases
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Mould bases (other than of graphite or other carbon, ceramic meterials or glass)
- 8480 20 00 Mould bases
- 8480 30Moulding patterns
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Moulding patterns (excl. moulds of graphite or other carbons and ceramic or glass moulds)
- 8480 30 10 Of wood
- 8480 30 90 Other
- 8480 41Moulds for metal or metal carbides | Injection or compression types
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Injection or compression-type moulds for metal or metal carbides (excl. moulds of graphite or other carbons and ceramic or glass moulds)
- 8480 41 00 Injection or compression types
- 8480 49Moulds for metal or metal carbides | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Moulds for metal or metal carbides (excl. moulds of graphite or other carbons, ceramic or glass moulds, linotype moulds or matrices, injection or compression-type moulds and ingot moulds)
- 8480 49 00 Other
- 8480 50Moulds for glass
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Moulds for glass (excl. moulds of graphite or other carbons and ceramic moulds)
- 8480 50 00 Moulds for glass
- 8480 60Moulds for mineral materials
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Moulds for mineral materials (excl. moulds of graphite or other carbons, ceramic or glass moulds)
- 8480 60 00 Moulds for mineral materials
- 8480 71Moulds for rubber or plastics | Injection or compression types
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Injection or compression-type moulds for rubber or plastics
- 8480 71 00 Injection or compression types
- 8480 79Moulds for rubber or plastics | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Moulds for rubber or plastics (other than injection or compression types)
- 8480 79 00 Other
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.