HS Code Detail
847160 Chapter 84 · Machinery Input units: keyboards, mice
Six-digit subheading in Machinery, chapter 84 of the Harmonized System, priced here for 6 destination markets.
Anatomy of 847160
You will declare against a longer local code that begins 847160: 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: 847160 into Canada
An illustrative consignment of 847160 invoiced at CAD 2,000.00, priced in CAD because a threshold is set in the destination's currency and nothing here is converted.
| Goods value on the invoice | CAD 2,000.00 |
| International freight | CAD 120.00 |
| Cargo insurance | CAD 30.00 |
| Value the duty is charged on, FOB basis | CAD 2,000.00 |
| Duty at 0% | CAD 0.00 |
| Canada tax at 5%, charged on the value plus the duty | CAD 100.00 |
| Total, before commercial charges | CAD 2,250.00 |
And if the consignment were small
Canada relieves customs duties and taxes on consignments at or under CAD 20. The 847160 shipment above is over that, so its duty is charged in full. The same code invoiced at exactly CAD 20 with no freight would be charged CAD 0.00 of duty and CAD 0.00 of tax, a total of CAD 20.00. The rate on the 847160 row has not changed; only the charge is relieved.
Selling rather than buying? CAD 2,250.00 is what your buyer in Canada pays to take delivery of this consignment, yours to pay if you quote DDP and theirs if you quote DAP: Exporting to Canada 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 847160 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 847160 US, read on 2026-09-07 from https://hts.usitc.gov/search?query=8471.60 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: 8471.60.10 Free; 8471.60.20.00 Free; 8471.60.70.00 Free; 8471.60.80.00 Free; 8471.60.90 Free
- 🇬🇧GB
- Third country duty for 847160 GB, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/commodities/8471606000 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: 8471606000 0.00 %; 8471607000 0.00 %
- 🇨🇦CA
- MFN for 847160 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: 8471.60.00 Free
- 🇦🇺AU
- MFN for 847160 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: 8471.60.00 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 847160 DE, read on 2026-09-07 from https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/xi/commodities/8471606000 and again on 2026-09-07 from https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/results?product=847160&origin=CN&destination=DE. Both returned 0%. The two publications are independent of each other and they agree. Retrieved text: 8471606000 0.00 %; 8471607000 0.00 %
Re-check first: All five United States lines are free, so what needs settling is that the device really is an input or output unit rather than a complete system of 847141. Scanners and combined input and output units are named here explicitly.
What falls under 847160
- Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing
- Keyboards, mice, trackpads, graphics tablets, scanners and computer printers presented as ADP units
What's specifically excluded
These look similar but belong under a different code:
Commonly confused with
852852: Computer monitors
Displays were moved out of 8471 in an earlier revision and monitors are now classified in heading 8528 by whether they can receive a broadcast signal. A monitor is not an output unit of 8471.60 in the current nomenclature, which is a change older paperwork frequently misses.
847330: Accessories rather than units
An input unit is a machine in its own right. A keyboard wrist rest, a mouse mat or a cable is an accessory or a part and does not take a unit code, so a retail bundle needs its lines separated where the components are not a set for retail sale.
Classification & cost note
The important structural point about 8471.60 is what has left it. Displays now sit in heading 8528 regardless of whether they are sold as computer monitors, so an importer working from an older tariff or an inherited product file will put monitors here and be wrong. What remains is genuine input and output apparatus: keyboards, pointing devices, scanners and printers presented as units of an ADP system. Printers are worth particular care, because a multifunction device that copies and faxes as well as printing is classified on its principal function, and a machine whose copying function dominates leaves 8471 altogether. Wireless peripherals raise a separate question that has nothing to do with duty: radio equipment approval and, in many markets, a declaration of conformity, both of which are checked independently of the customs entry.
Typical products: Mechanical and membrane computer keyboards · Wired and wireless mice and trackballs · Flatbed and sheet fed document scanners · Graphics tablets and pen input devices
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
847160 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 847160
Are computer monitors classified as output units?
Not any more. Monitors sit in heading 8528 and are divided by whether they can receive a broadcast television signal. Older tariff references place them in 8471, which is a common source of error.
How is a multifunction printer classified?
By its principal function. A device that mainly prints from a computer is an ADP unit, while one whose copying function predominates is classified as a copier and leaves heading 8471 entirely.
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