What is the tolerance threshold under the EEA/EFTA?

The general tolerance is 10% of the ex-works value of the finished product.

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EEA/EFTA - HS 8425-8430

European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement / EFTA · Origin of Goods

1 rulesTolerance: 10%1994

To qualify for the EEA/EFTA preferential rate on HS 8425-8430, products must satisfy the origin rule of type specific processing (SP). A tolerance of 10% of the ex-works value applies.

8425-8430Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists; winches and capstans; jacks: Shipsʼ derricks; cranes, including cable cranes; mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane Fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics) Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and roadrollers Other moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores; piledrivers and pile extractors; snowploughs and snowblowers

Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and heading 8431.

OR - alternative rule

MaxNOM

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.

50% ex-works

Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and heading 8431.

OR - alternative rule

MaxNOM

EU Trade Data (COMEXT)

Jan 2022 – Mar 2026

Full analysis

The EU imported 3.6 Md€ (Jan 2022 – Mar 2026) for this HS code, with China as the main supplier.

EU Imports

3.6 Md€

EU Exports

6.2 Md€

Balance

2.6 Md€

Top supplying countries (extra-EU)

1.China

55%2.0 Md€

2.United States

12%448 M€

3.United Kingdom

8%277 M€

4.Switzerland

4%155 M€

Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and heading 8431.

OR - alternative rule

MaxNOM

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product.

50% ex-works

Manufacture from materials of any heading, except that of the product and heading 8431.

OR - alternative rule

MaxNOM

EU Trade Data (COMEXT)

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