# HS code 8436.21: Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, poultry incubators and brooders

> HS code 8436.21 covers poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, poultry incubators and brooders. It sits in heading 84.36 (other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping or bee-keeping machinery, including germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry incubators and brooders) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof). Other goods of heading 84.36 are classified under 8436.10 (machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs), 8436.29 (poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, other), 8436.80 (other machinery), 8436.91 (parts, of poultry-keeping machinery or poultry incubators or brooders) and 1 other.

Source: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/843621
Last updated: 13 October 2026

[HS codes](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 84](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/84) / [84.36](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/8436) / [8436.21](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/843621)

## Key facts

- HS code: 8436.21
- Covers: Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, poultry incubators and brooders
- Heading: [84.36: Other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping or bee-keeping machinery, including germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry incubators and brooders](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/8436)
- Chapter: [84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/84)
- Edition: HS2022
- Duty rates: [Set by each country’s tariff](https://staging.border.bot/countries)

## What this code covers

HS code 8436.21 covers poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, poultry incubators and brooders.

The legal text of the subheading is “Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders: Poultry incubators and brooders”, read under “Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders”, in HS2022.

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of heading 84.36 are classified under 8436.10 (machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs), 8436.29 (poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, other), 8436.80 (other machinery), 8436.91 (parts, of poultry-keeping machinery or poultry incubators or brooders) and 1 other.

- [8436.10](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/843610) Machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs
- [8436.29](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/843629) Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders: Other
- [8436.80](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/843680) Other machinery
- [8436.91](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/843691) Parts: Of poultry-keeping machinery or poultry incubators and brooders
- [8436.99](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/843699) Parts: Other

## How it is structured

8436.21 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 84, are the chapter; the first four, 8436, are heading 84.36; the last two, 21, identify the subheading within the heading.

Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.

- Chapter 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
- Heading 84.36: Other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping or bee-keeping machinery, including germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry incubators and brooders
- Within the heading: Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders
- Subheading 8436.21: Poultry incubators and brooders

## In other countries

No national tariff lines under 8436.21 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 8436.21 at six digits and add their own digits after it.

- Previous subheading: [8436.10](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/843610) Machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs
- Next subheading: [8436.29](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/843629) Poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders: Other

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS code 8436.21 cover?

HS code 8436.21 covers poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, poultry incubators and brooders.

### Which heading and chapter is HS code 8436.21 in?

HS code 8436.21 is in heading 84.36 (other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping or bee-keeping machinery, including germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry incubators and brooders) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof).

### Where are goods of heading 84.36 classified when 8436.21 doesn’t fit?

Other goods of heading 84.36 are classified under 8436.10 (machinery for preparing animal feeding stuffs), 8436.29 (poultry-keeping machinery; poultry incubators and brooders, other), 8436.80 (other machinery), 8436.91 (parts, of poultry-keeping machinery or poultry incubators or brooders) and 1 other.

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 13 October 2026.

Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.

Machine-readable: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/843621.json