Shipping Heavy Equipment to Armenia

The four ways to ship machinery to Armenia

Container, flat rack, RoRo and breakbulk, with where each one lands. RoRo availability is by U.S. coast; the other three are booked on the services that run when the cargo is ready.

What the U.S. ships to Armenia

U.S. exports to Armenia by machine class, 2025 against 2024, as reported by the United States to UN Comtrade^[1]. Units are as declared; the average is customs value divided by units.

A dash means the quantity was not reported for that year. Classes the U.S. did not ship here in either year are left out.

Import duty on machinery in Armenia

The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty applied to each machine class, as a simple average of the national tariff lines under its HS subheading^[2]. Preferential rates under trade agreements can be lower.

The range shows the lowest and highest line within the subheading; a dash means every line has the same rate.

Worked example: a $100,000 excavator

Import duty: 5% of $100,000 CIF is $5,000 (HS 8429.52, 2023 tariff)^[2].

VAT (ԱԱՀ): 20% of the duty-inclusive $105,000 is $21,000^[4]

Total duty and tax: $26,000, or 26% of CIF.

• Excise, port charges, broker fees and any registration tax are extra. The final rate depends on the exact tariff line your broker declares.

Vehicles and other taxes

Armenia is landlocked and an EAEU member; cargo routes overland from Poti (Georgia). The EAEU common external tariff applies plus 20% VAT and a recycling (utilization) fee.

Source: EAEU customs framework / Armenia State Revenue Committee, checked June 2026.

• Import duty: EAEU common external tariff (confirm by HS code)
• VAT: 20%
• Other charges: Recycling (utilization) fee; excise/registration charges

Rules for used machinery in Armenia

EAEU member with no common border with the Union, so EAEU trade moves under customs transit. EAEU tariff, TR CU 010/031 (used machinery exempt from TR CU 010 certification) and e-passport rules apply; declarations need TR TS certificates where required.

• Conformity: Used machinery ('бывшие в эксплуатации') is exempt from TR CU 010/2011 conformity confirmation (Art. 7); new machines need an EAEU certificate or declaration per Annex 3. Adopted by CU Commission Decision No. 823 (18 Oct 2011).^[5]
• Conformity: TR CU 031/2012 (EEC Council Decision No. 60, 20 Jul 2012) covers newly made and imported farm/forestry tractors; its used-tractor exclusion applies only to tractors already in circulation inside the EAEU.^[6]
• Documents: Tractors and self-propelled machines are registered via an electronic passport (ЭПСМ) under the EAEU Agreement of 15 Aug 2014 on unified passports; e-passport procedure set by EEC Collegium Decision No. 122 (22 Sep 2015).^[7]
• Fees: Import duty follows the EAEU Common Customs Tariff and CN FEA approved by EEC Council Decision No. 80 (14 Sep 2021), identical across member states.^[8]
• Documents: Declaration filed electronically (DTI) with contract, invoice, packing list, transport documents, TR TS conformity certificates and certificate of origin where applicable; State Revenue Committee administers customs.^[9]
• Documents: Trade between Armenia and other EAEU states uses the 'Customs Transit' procedure because Armenia has no common border with the Union.^[10]

U.S. export controls

Diversion risk. Armenia named by BIS as a common transshipment point for goods diverted to Russia/Belarus.^{[11][12][13][14]}

EAR99 heavy equipment normally needs no licence here, but reexport to Russia/Belarus of Supp. 4 items (8429, 8426, 8701, 8704) needs a BIS licence (§746.8(a)(5)). Screen all parties (CSL, SDN, Entity List); get end-user certification and no-Russia clause; red flags: forwarder as final consignee, third-country payer, onward routing.

Documents for Armenia

The papers a machinery shipment to Armenia usually needs at destination. Your consignee and their customs broker confirm the list for the exact cargo.

• Commercial Invoice
• Packing List
• Bill of Lading
• Certificate of Origin
• EAEU Declaration (if applicable)
• Transit Documentation
• Equipment Specifications

U.S. export rules

What every shipment from the U.S. has to clear before it sails, whatever the destination.

Electronic Export Information (15 CFR 30)U.S. Census Bureau

Electronic Export Information is filed in AES for each Schedule B number worth more than $2,500 going to one consignee on one conveyance, and for every vehicle whatever its value. For vessel cargo it is due at least 24 hours before loading; the Internal Transaction Number (ITN) goes to the carrier with the booking.^[15][16]

Applies to: Any Schedule B line over $2,500, and every vehicle

Used self-propelled vehicles: 72-hour ruleU.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. regulations count self-propelled construction and agricultural machinery as vehicles. A used one must be filed in AES at least 72 hours before export, whatever its value or destination, and the ITN, the VIN or serial number and the ownership documents go to CBP at the port of export. Filing after departure is not allowed.^[17][18][16]

Applies to: Used machines that drive: excavators, loaders, dozers, tractors, trucks

ISPM 15 wood packagingIPPC, administered in the U.S. by USDA APHIS

Wood packaging and dunnage must be heat-treated to a core temperature of 56 °C for at least 30 minutes, or fumigated, and carry the IPPC mark with the US country code, the facility number and HT or MB. Marked wood can be reused; repaired or remanufactured wood must be treated and marked again.^[19]

Applies to: Crates, skids, blocking and dunnage

Export classification under the EAR (ECCN or EAR99)BIS (U.S. Department of Commerce)

An item subject to the EAR is either listed on the Commerce Control List under an Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) or classified EAR99, the basket for items not listed. The ECCN’s reasons for control, read against the Commerce Country Chart, decide whether the destination needs a license. An EAR99 item rarely needs one, but no item, EAR99 included, may go to a person under a denial order or to a prohibited end use or end user without BIS authorization.^[20][21][22]

Applies to: Every export of goods subject to the Export Administration Regulations

Clearance notes for Armenia

• Landlocked routing via Poti (Georgia) with an overland leg.
• As an EAEU member, Armenia applies the union tariff plus a recycling fee.

Questions buyers ask

Export checklist (PDF)

A one-page checklist with the facts on this page for shipping Armenia: methods, duty, rules and documents. Give it to your customs broker.

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