HS code 8481: Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances
Heading 8481 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
8481Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves
Place in the nomenclature: 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof > 8481
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, incl. pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves; parts thereof
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 6
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 27
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8481
- 8481 10Pressure-reducing valves
- 8481 10 05 Combined with filters or lubricators
- 8481 10 19 Other | Of cast iron or of steel
- 8481 10 99 Other | Other
- 8481 20Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmissions
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Valves for oleohydraulic or pneumatic transmission
- 8481 20 10 Valves for the control of oleohydraulic power transmission
- 8481 20 90 Valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission
- 8481 30Check (non-return) valves
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Check "non-return" valves for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like
- 8481 30 91 Of cast iron or of steel
- 8481 30 99 Other
- 8481 40Safety or relief valves
- 8481 40 10 Of cast iron or of steel
- 8481 40 90 Other
- 8481 80Other appliances
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like (excl. pressure-reducing valves, valves for the control of pneumatic power transmission, check "non-return" valves and safety or relief valves)
- 8481 80 11 Taps, cocks and valves for sinks, washbasins, bidets, water cisterns, baths and similar fixtures | Mixing valves
- 8481 80 19 Taps, cocks and valves for sinks, washbasins, bidets, water cisterns, baths and similar fixtures | Other
- 8481 80 31 Central heating radiator valves | Thermostatic valves
- 8481 80 39 Central heating radiator valves | Other
- 8481 80 40 Valves for pneumatic tyres and inner tubes
- 8481 80 51 Other | Process control valves | Temperature regulators
- 8481 80 59 Other | Process control valves | Other
- 8481 80 61 Other | Other | Gate valves | Of cast iron
- 8481 80 63 Other | Other | Gate valves | Of steel
- 8481 80 69 Other | Other | Gate valves | Other
- 8481 80 71 Other | Other | Globe valves | Of cast iron
- 8481 80 73 Other | Other | Globe valves | Of steel
- 8481 80 79 Other | Other | Globe valves | Other
- 8481 80 81 Other | Other | Ball and plug valves
- 8481 80 85 Other | Other | Butterfly valves
- 8481 80 87 Other | Other | Diaphragm valves
- 8481 80 99 Other | Other | Other
- 8481 90Parts
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Parts of valves and similar articles for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, n.e.s.
- 8481 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.