Find HS Code and trade information for pressure cooker

Pressure Cooker

A pressure cooker is a sealed pot with a valve regulating the steam pressure inside. This allows it to cook food much faster than conventional methods.

Material

• Stainless Steel: The most common material due to its durability, resistance to corrosion, and even heating.
• Aluminum: Lighter and heats quickly, but can react with acidic foods if not anodized.
• Cast Iron: Excellent heat retention, often found in older models; heavier and requires more care to prevent rusting.
• Enamel-Coated Cast Iron: Combines the benefits of cast iron with a non-reactive surface.

Purpose

The primary purpose of a pressure cooker is to reduce cooking time and energy consumption by raising the boiling point of water. This is achieved by creating a sealed environment that traps steam, increasing the internal pressure and therefore the temperature.

Function

• Increased Pressure: Sealing the pot allows pressure to build, raising the boiling point of water from 100°C (212°F) to typically 110-121°C (230-250°F).
• Faster Cooking: Higher temperatures cook food significantly faster.
• Tenderizing: Effective for tough cuts of meat, breaking down fibers quickly.
• Nutrient Retention: Shorter cooking times can help preserve more vitamins and minerals.
• Flavor Infusion: Sealed environment concentrates flavors.

Usage Scenarios

• Cooking Tough Cuts of Meat: Beef stew, pot roast, ribs.
• Beans and Legumes: Reduces soaking and cooking time.
• Soups and Stews: Faster and more flavorful results.
• Rice and Grains: Cooks evenly and quickly.
• Vegetables: Retains color and nutrients.
• Desserts: Can be used for cheesecakes, puddings, and other steamed desserts.

Common Types

• Stovetop Pressure Cookers: Traditional type, placed on a burner and require manual pressure regulation. Often have a weight or spring valve to control pressure.
• Electric Pressure Cookers (Multi-Cookers): Automated, with pre-set programs, timers, and pressure levels. Often include features like slow cooking, sautéing, and steaming. (e.g., Instant Pot is a popular brand).
• Digital vs. Non-Digital: Digital models have electronic controls and displays, while non-digital models are manually operated.
• Size: Available in various sizes, typically ranging from 3 to 8 quarts (liters), depending on household size and cooking needs.

Based on the material, use, and application scenarios, a pressure cooker is a cooking appliance used to cook food quickly under high pressure.

Here are the relevant HS codes found within the provided reference material:

• 7321113010: Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers (including those with subsidiary boilers for central heating), barbecues, braziers, gas rings, plate warmers and similar nonelectric domestic appliances, and parts thereof, of iron or steel: Cooking appliances and plate warmers: For gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels: Other: Stoves or ranges: Of a maximum width not exceeding 70 centimeters. This code applies to gas or multi-fuel pressure cookers made of iron or steel with a width of 70cm or less.

  • 73: Articles of iron or steel.
  • 21: Stoves, ranges, grates and similar non-electric domestic appliances.
  • 11: Cooking appliances and plate warmers.
  • 30: For gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels.
  • 10: Other: Stoves or ranges: Of a maximum width not exceeding 70 centimeters.

• 7321113020: Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers (including those with subsidiary boilers for central heating), barbecues, braziers, gas rings, plate warmers and similar nonelectric domestic appliances, and parts thereof, of iron or steel: Cooking appliances and plate warmers: For gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels: Other: Stoves or ranges: Of a maximum width exceeding 70 but not exceeding 80 centimeters. This code applies to gas or multi-fuel pressure cookers made of iron or steel with a width between 70cm and 80cm.

  • 73: Articles of iron or steel.
  • 21: Stoves, ranges, grates and similar non-electric domestic appliances.
  • 11: Cooking appliances and plate warmers.
  • 30: For gas fuel or for both gas and other fuels.
  • 20: Other: Stoves or ranges: Of a maximum width exceeding 70 but not exceeding 80 centimeters.

• 8419815080: Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 8514), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporizing, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, nonelectric; parts thereof: Other machinery, plant or equipment: For making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food: Cooking stoves, ranges and ovens Other. This code applies to non-domestic pressure cookers used for cooking or heating food.

  • 84: Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof.
  • 19: Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated.
  • 81: Other machinery, plant or equipment.
  • 50: For making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food.
  • 80: Cooking stoves, ranges and ovens Other.

Important Note: Regarding HS codes 7321113010 and 7321113020, please note that these codes specifically apply to non-electric pressure cookers made of iron or steel. The width of the pressure cooker is a determining factor for selecting the correct code.