Sourcing crushers and concrete mixers from China
Machinery for sorting, screening, crushing, grinding and mixing earth, stone and ores from China, including crushers, vibrating screens, sand washers, concrete and mortar mixers and asphalt mixers, pays 0% UK duty, with no anti-dumping duty. It must meet the machinery safety regulations, and concrete and mortar mixers need a noise marking. Cambridge China Bridge sources such plant.
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Zero duty
Read from the UK Trade Tariff on 25 September 2026, sorting, screening, separating or washing machines, crushing or grinding machines, concrete or mortar mixers, machines for mixing minerals with bitumen, other mixing machines, other machines of heading 8474 and parts carried 0% duty on goods from China, with no anti-dumping measure.
Truck-mounted concrete mixers and self-propelled plant can be classified as vehicles; confirm the commodity code.
| Goods | Commodity code | Duty | Anti-dumping duty on China |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorting, screening, separating or washing machines | 8474 10 00 00 | 0% | None |
| Crushing or grinding machines | 8474 20 00 00 | 0% | None |
| Concrete or mortar mixers | 8474 31 00 00 | 0% | None |
| Machines for mixing minerals with bitumen | 8474 32 00 00 | 0% | None |
| Other mixing or kneading machines | 8474 39 00 00 | 0% | None |
| Other machines of the heading | 8474 80 90 00 | 0% | None |
| Parts, other than cast iron or steel | 8474 90 90 00 | 0% | None |
Machinery safety and noise
Crushers, screens and mixers fall under the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 and need UKCA or CE marking, guarding, emergency stops and English instructions. Schedule 2 of the outdoor equipment noise regulations lists concrete or mortar mixers, conveyor belts and drill rigs among equipment that must carry a guaranteed sound power level marking.
Diesel-powered mobile plant also needs an engine that meets the non-road mobile machinery emission rules.
Wear parts and capacity
Specify feed size, output size and tonnes per hour for your material, and ask for the jaw, liner and screen mesh grades. Agree a stock of wear parts, because they decide running cost.
Worked duty example
An invented example rather than a quote: 40 electric concrete mixers, commodity code 8474 31 00 00, bought for £32,000 free on board, with £6,000 of freight and insurance, so £38,000 is the value customs works from. No duty is due on concrete mixers; import VAT at 20% of £38,000 is £7,600. If you are VAT-registered, that VAT is normally reclaimable. See calculating UK import duty and VAT for the method.
Inspection checklist
Safety and build: crushers and screens checked against the relevant part of the BS EN 1009 series for machines that process minerals, and concrete and mortar mixers against BS EN 12151, covering guards on belts, drums and gears, emergency stops, isolation and lifting points, with electrical equipment checked against BS EN 60204-1 and the declaration of conformity naming the standards used.
Wear parts and screens: jaw plates, liners and blow bars checked for grade by spark emission spectrometry and hardness to ISO 6506-1 against the manganese or chrome steel ordered, screen mesh aperture and wire diameter measured against the order and the tolerances of ISO 9044 for woven wire cloth, and bearing and gearbox makes and sizes checked against the quotation.
Performance and noise: output, product size and power draw recorded on a factory run with material close to the buyer's, sound power measured by the method of ISO 3744 where the machine must carry a guaranteed sound power level under the Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001, and wear-part stock, manuals and spare parts lists checked before loading.
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What goes wrong
Crushers, screens and mixers fail at the wear parts, bearings and guarding. Jaw plates and liners of soft manganese steel wear out in weeks, bearings and gearboxes undersized for the duty overheat, and screen meshes crack at the tensioning points. Drum mixers arrive with gear guards missing or motors wired for a different supply, and output quoted for soft material falls short on UK aggregates.
Run a factory test on material close to yours and measure output and product size, ask for the steel grade and hardness of wear parts, check bearing and gearbox specifications, check guards, emergency stops and electrics against the machinery regulations, and agree a stock of wear parts and spares before shipment.
Factory test and shipping
Run a factory test with your material or a similar one, and inspect welds and bearings. Large plant ships as breakbulk or in open-top or flat-rack containers; the shipping guide covers the options.
Cambridge China Bridge sources crushers, screens and concrete mixers, with safety, noise marking and wear parts settled before the order. See how our sourcing service works. For complete batching plants, see our concrete batching plant sourcing guide.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the UK import duty on crushers from China?
Read from the UK Trade Tariff on 25 September 2026, crushers, screens, concrete mixers and other heading 8474 machinery carried 0% duty from China, with no anti-dumping duty.
Do concrete mixers need a noise label?
Yes. Schedule 2 of the outdoor equipment noise regulations lists concrete or mortar mixers for noise marking.
Do diesel crushers need emission approval?
The engine must meet the non-road mobile machinery emission rules.
What should a crusher specification include?
Feed size, output size, tonnes per hour for your material, and wear part grades.