# HS code 8479.10: Machinery for public works, building or the like > HS code 8479.10 covers machinery for public works, building or the like. It sits in heading 84.79 (machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof). Other goods of heading 84.79 are classified under 8479.20 (machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils), 8479.30 (presses for the manufacture of particle board or fibre building board of wood or other ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork), 8479.40 (rope or cable-making machines), 8479.50 (industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included) or 8 others. Source: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847910 Last updated: 13 October 2026 [HS codes](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 84](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/84) / [84.79](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/8479) / [8479.10](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847910) ## Key facts - HS code: 8479.10 - Covers: Machinery for public works, building or the like - Heading: [84.79: Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/8479) - 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 8479.10 covers machinery for public works, building or the like. The legal text of the subheading is “Machinery for public works, building or the like”, in HS2022. ## What it doesn’t cover Other goods of heading 84.79 are classified under 8479.20 (machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils), 8479.30 (presses for the manufacture of particle board or fibre building board of wood or other ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork), 8479.40 (rope or cable-making machines), 8479.50 (industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included) or 8 others. - [8479.20](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847920) Machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils - [8479.30](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847930) Presses for the manufacture of particle board or fibre building board of wood or other ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork - [8479.40](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847940) Rope or cable-making machines - [8479.50](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847950) Industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included - [8479.60](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847960) Evaporative air coolers - [8479.71](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847971) Passenger boarding bridges: Of a kind used in airports - [8479.79](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847979) Passenger boarding bridges: Other - [8479.81](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847981) Other machines and mechanical appliances: For treating metal, including electric wire coil-winders - [8479.82](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847982) Other machines and mechanical appliances: Mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screening, sifting, homogenising, emulsifying or stirring machines - [8479.83](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847983) Other machines and mechanical appliances: Cold isostatic presses - [8479.89](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847989) Other machines and mechanical appliances: Other - [8479.90](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847990) Parts ## How it is structured 8479.10 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 84, are the chapter; the first four, 8479, are heading 84.79; the last two, 10, 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 84.79: Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter - Subheading 8479.10: Machinery for public works, building or the like ## In other countries No national tariff lines under 8479.10 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 8479.10 at six digits and add their own digits after it. - Previous subheading: [8478.90](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847890) Parts - Next subheading: [8479.20](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/847920) Machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils ## Frequently asked questions ### What does HS code 8479.10 cover? HS code 8479.10 covers machinery for public works, building or the like. ### Which heading and chapter is HS code 8479.10 in? HS code 8479.10 is in heading 84.79 (machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) in chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof). ### Where are goods of heading 84.79 classified when 8479.10 doesn’t fit? Other goods of heading 84.79 are classified under 8479.20 (machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable or microbial fats or oils), 8479.30 (presses for the manufacture of particle board or fibre building board of wood or other ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork), 8479.40 (rope or cable-making machines), 8479.50 (industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included) or 8 others. ## 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/847910.json