Machine-tools; (including machines for nailing, stapling, glueing or otherwise assembling) for working wood, cork, bone, hard plastics or rubber or similar hard materials
HS heading 84.65 covers Machine-tools; (including machines for nailing, stapling, glueing or otherwise assembling) for working wood, cork, bone, hard plastics or rubber or similar hard materials. Within Chapter 84 it splits into 9 six-digit subheadings, each carrying its own customs duty line.
- India exports 2024
- $49.1M
- Share of Chapter 84
- 0.2%
- Rank in its chapter
- #55 of 86
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
HS 84.65 covers Machine-tools; (including machines for nailing, stapling, glueing or otherwise assembling) for working wood, cork, bone, hard plastics or rubber or similar hard materials. At the six-digit line it breaks down further — starting with machine-tools — into 9 duty lines shown below. Machinery is one of India's largest engineering-export chapters — pumps, engines and industrial equipment ship worldwide. India exported $49.1M under this code worldwide in 2024, about 0.2% of all Chapter 84 exports, ranking #55 of 86 lines in its chapter (UN Comtrade).
How to read this code
84.65 is the four-digit HS heading for machine-tools. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many machinery & electrical equipment lines — check our import guides for your market.
Subheadings under HS 84.65
The Harmonised System breaks Machine-tools; (including machines for nailing, stapling, glueing or otherwise assembling) for working wood, cork, bone, hard plastics or rubber or similar hard materials into these 9 subheadings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Machine-tools; which can carry out different types of machining operations without tool change between such operations, for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar
Machine-tools; for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials; machining centres
Machine-tools; for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials; sawing machines
Machine-tools; for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials; planing, milling or moulding (by cutting) machines
Machine-tools; for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials; grinding, sanding or polishing machines
Machine-tools; for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials; bending or assembling machines
Machine-tools; for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials; drilling or morticing machines
Machine-tools; for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials; splitting, slicing or paring machines
Machine-tools; for working wood, cork, bone, hard rubber, hard plastics or similar hard materials; n.e.c. in heading no. 8465
Top destinations for Chapter 84 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
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