Key facts
- HS code
- 8470.50
- Covers
- Cash registers
- Edition
- HS2022
- Duty rates
- Set by each country’s tariff
Summary
HS code 8470.50 covers cash registers. It sits in heading 84.70 (calculating machines and pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions; accounting machines, postage-franking machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating device; cash registers) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof). Other goods of heading 84.70 are classified under 8470.10 (electronic calculators capable of operation without an external source of electric power and pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions), 8470.21 (other electronic calculating machines, incorporating a printing device), 8470.29 (other electronic calculating machines, other), 8470.30 (other calculating machines) or 1 other.
What this code covers
HS code 8470.50 covers cash registers.
The legal text of the subheading is “Cash registers”, in HS2022.
What it doesn’t cover
Other goods of heading 84.70 are classified under 8470.10 (electronic calculators capable of operation without an external source of electric power and pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions), 8470.21 (other electronic calculating machines, incorporating a printing device), 8470.29 (other electronic calculating machines, other), 8470.30 (other calculating machines) or 1 other.
- 8470.10Electronic calculators capable of operation without an external source of electric power and pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions
- 8470.21Other electronic calculating machines: Incorporating a printing device
- 8470.29Other electronic calculating machines: Other
- 8470.30Other calculating machines
- 8470.90Other
How it is structured
8470.50 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 84, are the chapter; the first four, 8470, are heading 84.70; the last two, 50, identify the subheading within the heading.
Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.
- Subheading 8470.50
- Cash registers
In other countries
No national tariff lines under 8470.50 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 8470.50 at six digits and add their own digits after it.
Frequently asked questions
What does HS code 8470.50 cover?
HS code 8470.50 covers cash registers.
Which heading and chapter is HS code 8470.50 in?
HS code 8470.50 is in heading 84.70 (calculating machines and pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions; accounting machines, postage-franking machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating device; cash registers) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof).
Where are goods of heading 84.70 classified when 8470.50 doesn’t fit?
Other goods of heading 84.70 are classified under 8470.10 (electronic calculators capable of operation without an external source of electric power and pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions), 8470.21 (other electronic calculating machines, incorporating a printing device), 8470.29 (other electronic calculating machines, other), 8470.30 (other calculating machines) or 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.