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Import duty on industrial robots by market
What an industrial robot costs at the border starts with its tariff classification. Heading 8479.50 — industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included — is the working hypothesis of this matrix, and each row is restricted to what its cited official tariff document actually states: the national tariff line as published, and the duty rate as printed. The six EU markets (DE/FR/IT/ES/PL/NL) share a single TARIC regime; Access2Markets (European Commission, latest update 04 August 2026) establishes the third-country duty at 1.70% under R2261/98. Where an official tariff base could not be retrieved and read through the verification channel, the rate is stated as not established rather than copied from commercial aggregators — this remains the case for South Korea's MFN rate. China's row is absent entirely: the 2026 tariff could not be retrieved through the channel. Classification is not uniform: Australia subdivides the heading into national lines with different rates, and the neighbouring heading 8428.70 (industrial robots for lifting and handling) competes for classification of some machines.
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A robot or component that clears customs still cannot be sold or put to work until it carries the conformity mark its destination market demands. The regimes differ in kind, not just in name: some rest on a manufacturer's own declaration, others require certification by a recognised third-party laboratory. Each row of this matrix states one jurisdiction's regime and cites the official document that establishes it. Two regimes of the enumerated set are not yet covered — China (CCC) and Brazil (INMETRO) — because no official document could be retrieved and read through the verification channel; those gaps are stated rather than filled from secondary sources.
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