Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores in solid form, shaping, moulding machinery for solid mineral fuels
HS heading 84.74 covers Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores in solid form, shaping, moulding machinery for solid mineral fuels. Within Chapter 84 it splits into 7 six-digit subheadings, each carrying its own customs duty line.
- India exports 2024
- $790.9M
- Share of Chapter 84
- 2.5%
- Rank in its chapter
- #14 of 86
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
HS 84.74 covers Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores in solid form, shaping, moulding machinery for solid mineral fuels. At the six-digit line it breaks down further — starting with machines — into 7 duty lines shown below. Machinery is one of India's largest engineering-export chapters — pumps, engines and industrial equipment ship worldwide. India exported $790.9M under this code worldwide in 2024, about 2.5% of all Chapter 84 exports, ranking #14 of 86 lines in its chapter (UN Comtrade).
How to read this code
84.74 is the four-digit HS heading for machinery for sorting, screening, separating, wash. 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 84.74
The Harmonised System breaks Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or kneading earth, stone, ores in solid form, shaping, moulding machinery for solid mineral fuels into these 7 subheadings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Machines; for sorting, screening, separating or washing earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances
Machines; for crushing or grinding earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances
Machines; concrete or mortar mixers
Machines; for mixing mineral substances with bitumen
Machines; for mixing or kneading mineral substances, excluding concrete mixers and machines for mixing mineral substances with bitumen
Machines; for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials in powder or paste form, machines for forming foundry moulds of sand
Machines, for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing etc mineral substances, for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid fuels, ceramic pastes etc, for forming foundry moulds of sand; parts
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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