HS Code Detail
847141 Chapter 84 · Machinery Desktop computers (ADP processing units)
Six-digit subheading in Machinery, chapter 84 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 6 destination markets.
Anatomy of 847141
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 847141: ten digits in the United States and the United Kingdom, eight in the European Union, and the first six the same everywhere. Which trailing digits apply is what a rate can differ on, though on this subheading all 6 destinations below charge the same, 0%.
What this code covers
Import duty by country
MFN duty rate · 6 countries| Country | Duty | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺Australia | 0% | 10% |
| 🇨🇦Canada | 0% | 5% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 0% | 19% |
| 🇵🇹Portugal | 0% | 23% |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | 0% | 20% |
| 🇺🇸United States | 0% | 0% |
Rates shown are MFN (Most Favoured Nation), the default for WTO members. Preferential FTA rates may be lower with valid proof of origin. Section 301 / anti-dumping surcharges on Chinese-origin goods are not included.
What that costs: 847141 into United States
An illustrative consignment of 847141 invoiced at USD 2,000.00, priced in USD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | USD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | USD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | USD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | USD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 0% | USD 0.00 |
| United States charges no consumption tax at the border | USD 0.00 |
| Total, before commercial charges | USD 2,150.00 |
And if the consignment were small
United States relieves nothing: the duty free allowance was suspended, so the duty above is charged whatever the consignment is worth. A smaller shipment pays less because the value is lower, not because a threshold spared it.
Selling rather than buying? USD 2,150.00 is what your buyer in United States pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to United States sets out who collects it and what your invoice has to say.
An illustration, not a quotation: broker fees, handling and any trade remedy on the origin sit outside it. Price 847141 on your own numbers in the duty calculator.
How these rates were verified
Rates last verified 7 September 2026Every figure in the table above was read from the official tariff database of the market that charges it, on the date shown. Nothing here is copied from another aggregator.
- 🇺🇸US
- HTS General for 847141 US, read on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=8471.41 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/reststop/exportList?from=84&to=85&format=CSV&styles=false. Both returned 0%. The United States International Trade Commission is the only body that publishes this schedule. The second reading was taken in a different format to check the reading, not to corroborate the schedule, because there is no second schedule to corroborate it against. Retrieved text: 8471.41.01 Free
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 847141 GB, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/8471410000 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reference-document-for-the-customs-tariff-establishment-eu-exit-regulations-2020. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8471410000 0.00 %
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 847141 CA, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch84-eng.html and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/menu-eng.html. Both returned 0%. The Canada Border Services Agency is the only body that publishes this schedule. The Department of Justice publishes the Act and refers readers to the Agency for the schedule itself, so both readings are the Agency's, taken from two different products. Retrieved text: 8471.41.00 Free
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 847141 AU, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/tariff-classification/current-tariff/schedule-3/section-xvi/chapter-84 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04997/latest/text. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8471.41.00 Free
- 🇩🇪DE 🇵🇹PT
- One reading covers DE and PT, which are priced from the same schedule: Third country duty (EU, via NI Online Tariff) for 847141 DE, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/8471410000 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=847141&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8471410000 0.00 %
Re-check first: Desktop machines enter the United States free, so the classification question is whether the unit is a complete system or a bare processing unit of 847150. Both are free, but the codes are not interchangeable on the entry paperwork.
What falls under 847141
- Automatic data processing machines comprising a central processing unit with an input and an output unit combined in the same housing
- All in one desktop computers and mini PCs presented as complete systems
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
847130: Laptops and portable computers
Portability, not form factor, separates these. A machine that weighs 10 kg or less and is built to be carried with keyboard and display in one housing is portable and belongs in 8471.30. An all in one that happens to be light is still a desktop, because it is not designed to be carried in use.
847150: Processing units and servers
Subheading 8471.41 requires the input and output units to be in the same housing as the processor. A tower shipped without a keyboard or screen has no combined input and output and is a processing unit instead, which is the commonest error on desktop consignments.
Classification & cost note
Heading 8471 divides on what is physically presented together, not on what the buyer will eventually assemble, and 8471.41 is the subheading for a machine where processor, input and output arrive combined in one housing. That is a narrower category than importers assume, because the ordinary desktop tower plus separate monitor and keyboard is not it. Computers are covered by the Information Technology Agreement, so most participating markets apply no MFN duty to them, and the practical consequence is that classification errors within Chapter 84 rarely change the duty owed but very often change the statistical record and the licence or standards regime that attaches to it. Where a system is imported partly assembled, the rule on incomplete goods presented with the essential character of the finished article applies and is worth reading before splitting a shipment across codes.
Typical products: All in one desktop computers with integrated displays · Mini PCs supplied as complete systems · Small form factor desktops shipped with keyboard and mouse in the housing configuration · Compact workstations combining processor, input and output
What the notes to section XVI say
Chapter 84 sits in section XVI, machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof, sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles, where a section note governs every chapter in the section and applies before the heading notes below; the 6 reaching chapter 84 name no heading this site holds a code under, and they are quoted whole on the chapter 84 page, read from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/sections/16 on 2026-09-08.
What the nomenclature says about heading 8471
847141 is a subheading of 8471, automatic data-processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included , and this site holds 4 other codes under the same heading, which every rule below governs equally.
One numbered note to chapter 84 takes heading 8471 as its own subject, and it is quoted below in full, as published.
Note 6 to chapter 84
(A) For the purposes of heading 8471, the expression 'automatic data-processing machines' means machines, capable of
(1) storing the processing program or programs and at least the data immediately necessary for the execution of the program;
(2) being freely programmed in accordance with the requirements of the user;
(3) performing arithmetical computations specified by the user; and
(4) executing, without human intervention, a processing program which requires them to modify their execution, by logical decision during the processing run.
(B) Automatic data-processing machines may be in the form of systems consisting of a variable number of separate units.
(C) Subject to paragraphs (D) and (E) below, a unit is to be regarded as being a part of an automatic data processing system if it meets all the following conditions:
(1) it is of a kind solely or principally used in an automatic data-processing system;
(2) it is connectable to the central processing unit either directly or through one or more other units; and
(3) it is able to accept or deliver data in a form (codes or signals) which can be used by the system.
Separately presented units of an automatic data-processing machine are to be classified in heading 8471.
However keyboards, X-Y coordinate input devices and disk storage units which satisfy the conditions of paragraphs (C)(2) and (C)(3) above, are in all cases to be classified as units of heading 8471.
(D) Heading 8471 does not cover the following when presented separately, even if they meet all of the conditions set forth in note 6(C) above:
(1) printers, copying machines, facsimile machines, whether or not combined;
(2) apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for
communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network);
(3) loudspeakers and microphones;
(4) television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders;
(5) monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus.
(E) Machines incorporating or working in conjunction with an automatic data-processing machine and performing a specific function other than data processing are to be classified in the headings appropriate to their respective functions or, failing that, in residual headings.
Read from the notes to chapter 84 published in the UK Trade Tariff by HM Revenue and Customs, at https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/chapters/84, with the heading title from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/api/v2/headings/8471, on 2026-09-07, with the whole layer and the reason a heading note is a chapter note set out on the chapter 84 page. These notes are part of the international text of the Harmonized System, so the rule is the same whichever destination a shipment is going to, and it decides classification and never a rate.
Questions about 847141
Is a desktop tower classified under 8471.41?
Only if input and output units are combined in the same housing as the processor. A tower shipped without keyboard and display is a processing unit and belongs in 8471.50, which is where most desktop consignments actually sit.
Do desktop computers attract import duty?
Computers fall under the Information Technology Agreement and participating markets generally apply no MFN duty. The duty table on this page shows what each market this site prices actually charges, and import VAT or GST is separate from duty in every case.
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