Heading (4-digit)
8461Machine-tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine-tools working by removing metal or cermets, not elsewhere specified or included:
平削り盤、形削り盤、立削り盤、ブローチ盤、歯切り盤、歯車研削盤、歯車仕上盤、金切り盤、切断機その他の加工機械（金属又はサーメットを取り除くことにより加工するものに限るものとし、他の項に該当するものを除く。）
HS code 8461 is a Heading (4-digit) classification number. In Japan's trade statistics (published by Ministry of Finance), it represents import/export items classified as “Machine-tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine-tools working by removing metal or cermets, not elsewhere specified or included:”. This code has 5 subcategories defined below it.
Latest trade statistics
In May 2026, Japan's imports under HS code 8461 (Machine-tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine-tools working by removing metal or cermets, not elsewhere specified or included:) totaled ¥1B (YoY +84.7%), with a volume of 1,996 NO at about ¥746,408/NO. The top import sources are Germany (34.6%), People's Republic of China (18.4%), Switzerland (17.1%). Exports totaled ¥3B (YoY +35.0%), with a volume of 264 NO at about ¥12,959,587/NO. The top export destinations are People's Republic of China (45.1%), India (13.9%), United States of America (8.4%).
Export (May 2026)
¥3B
YoY: +35.0%
Qty: 264 NO
Unit price: ¥12,959,587/NO
Import (May 2026)
¥1B
YoY: +84.7%
Qty: 1,996 NO
Unit price: ¥746,408/NO
Top export destinations (2025)
| # | Country | Value | Share | Qty | Unit price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China | ¥14B | 45.1% | 331 NO | ¥42,836,326/NO |
| 2 | India | ¥4B | 13.9% | 234 NO | ¥18,610,974/NO |
| 3 | United States of America | ¥3B | 8.4% | 199 NO | ¥13,296,276/NO |
| 4 | Republic of Korea | ¥3B | 8.0% | 264 NO | ¥9,479,231/NO |
| 5 | Thailand | ¥1B | 3.9% | 224 NO | ¥5,401,446/NO |
Top import sources (2025)
| # | Country | Value | Share | Qty | Unit price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | ¥2B | 34.6% | 164 NO | ¥12,171,457/NO |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | ¥1B | 18.4% | 25,359 NO | ¥41,885/NO |
| 3 | Switzerland | ¥985M | 17.1% | 7 NO | ¥140,653,714/NO |
| 4 | United States of America | ¥584M | 10.1% | 1,325 NO | ¥440,703/NO |
| 5 | Taiwan | ¥524M | 9.1% | 1,821 NO | ¥287,867/NO |
Subcategories5items
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Other codes in the same classification group
8401Nuclear reactors; fuel elements (cartridges), non-irradiated, for nuclear reactors; machinery and apparatus for isotopic separation:8402Steam or other vapour generating boilers (other than central heating hot water boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam); super-heated water boilers:8403Central heating boilers other than those of heading 84.02:8404Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading 84.02 or 84.03 (for example, economisers, super-heaters, soot removers, gas recoverers); condensers for steam or other vapour power units:8405Producer gas or water gas generators, with or without their purifiers; acetylene gas generators and similar water process gas generators, with or without their purifiers:8406Steam turbines and other vapour turbines:8407Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines:8408Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines):8409Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 84.07 or 84.08:8410Hydraulic turbines, water wheels, and regulators therefor:8411Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines:8412Other engines and motors:8413Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquid elevators:8414Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters; gas-tight biological safety cabinets, whether or not fitted with filters:8415Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated:8416Furnace burners for liquid fuel, for pulverised solid fuel or for gas; mechanical stokers, including their mechanical grates, mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances:8417Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens, including incinerators, non-electric:8418Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 84.15:8419Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 85.14), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporising, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric:8420Calendering or other rolling machines, other than for metals or glass, and cylinders therefor:8421Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases:8422Dish washing machines; machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers; machinery for filling, closing, sealing or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers; machinery for capsuling bottles, jars, tubes and similar containers; other packing or wrapping machinery (including heat-shrink wrapping machinery); machinery for aerating beverages:8423Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds:8424Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines:8425Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists; winches and capstans; jacks:8426Ships' derricks; cranes, including cable cranes; mobile lifting frames, straddle carriers and works trucks fitted with a crane:8427Fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment:8428Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics):8429Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers:8430Other moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores; pile-drivers and pile-extractors; snow-ploughs and snow-blowers:8431Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 84.25 to 84.30:8432Agricultural, horticultural or forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation; lawn or sports-ground rollers:8433Harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers; grass or hay mowers; machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce, other than machinery of heading 84.37:8434Milking machines and dairy machinery:8435Presses, crushers and similar machinery used in the manufacture of wine, cider, fruit juices or similar beverages:8436Other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping or bee-keeping machinery, including germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry incubators and brooders:+47
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