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HS chapter 85 tariff rates

Electrical machinery and equipment: 188 product categories with real US schedule data.

Chapter 85 at a glance

  • Product categories with schedule data: 188
  • Tariff lines across those categories: 740
  • Most common base rates: Free on 90, 2.5% on 21, 2.7% on 14, 3% on 6, 1.6% on 6

Nearby chapters: Chapter 84 - Chapter 86

All codes in chapter 85

CodeBase rateGoods
8501106.7%Motors of an output not exceeding 37.5 W:
8501203.3%Universal AC/DC motors of an output exceeding 37.5 W:
8501312.8%Of an output not exceeding <il>750 W:</il>
850132FreeOf an output exceeding <il>750 W</il> but not exceeding <il>75 kW</il>:
8501332.8%Of an output exceeding <il>75 kW</il> but not exceeding <il>375 kW</il>:
8501342.8%Of an output exceeding <il>375 kW</il>:
8501403.3%Other AC motors, single-phase:
8501512.5%Of an output not exceeding <il>750 W:</il>
8501523.7%Of an output exceeding <il>750 W</il> but not exceeding <il>75 kW</il>:
850153FreeOf an output exceeding <il>75 kW</il>:
8501612.5%Of an output not exceeding 75 kVA
8501622.5%Of an output exceeding <il>75 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>375 kVA</il>
8501632.5%Of an output exceeding <il>375 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>750 kVA</il>
8501642.4%Of an output exceeding <il>750 kVA</il>
8501712.5%Of an output not exceeding 50 W
8501722.5%Of an output exceeding 50 W:
8501802.5%Photovoltaic AC generators:
8502112.5%Of an output not exceeding <il>75 kVA</il>
8502122.5%Of an output exceeding <il>75 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>375 kVA</il>
8502132%Of an output exceeding <il>375 kVA</il>
8502202%Generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines
8502312.5%Wind-powered
8502392.5%Other
8502403%Electric rotary converters
8503006.5%Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502:
8504103%Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes
850421FreeHaving a power handling capacity not exceeding <il>650 kVA</il>
850422FreeHaving a power handling capacity exceeding <il>650 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>10,000 k...
8504231.6%Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>10,000 kVA</il>
850431FreeHaving a power handling capacity not exceeding <il>1 kVA</il>:
8504322.4%Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>1 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>16 kVA</il...
8504331.6%Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>16 kVA</il> but not exceeding <il>500 kVA</...
8504341.6%Having a power handling capacity exceeding <il>500 kVA</il>
850440FreeStatic converters:
850450FreeOther inductors:
850490FreeParts:
8505112.1%Of metal
8505194.9%Other:
8505203.1%Electromagnetic couplings, clutches and brakes
850590FreeOther, including parts:
8506102.7%Manganese dioxide
8506302.7%Mercuric oxide:
8506402.7%Silver oxide:
8506502.7%Lithium
8506602.7%Air-zinc
8506802.7%Other primary cells and primary batteries
8506902.7%Parts
850811FreeOf a power not exceeding <il>1,500 W</il> and having a dust bag or other receptacle capaci...
850819FreeOther
850860FreeOther vacuum cleaners
850870FreeParts
851010FreeShavers
8510204%Hair clippers:
8510304.2%Hair-removing appliances
851090FreeParts:
8511102.5%Spark plugs
8511202.5%Ignition magnetos; magneto-dynamos; magnetic flywheels
8511302.5%Distributors; ignition coils
8511402.5%Starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators
8511502.5%Other generators
8511802.5%Other equipment:
8511903.1%Parts:
851210FreeLighting or visual signaling equipment of a kind used on bicycles:
851220FreeOther lighting or visual signaling equipment:
8512302.5%Sound signaling equipment
8512402.5%Windshield wipers, defrosters and demisters:
8512902.5%Parts:
85131012.5%Lamps:
85139012.5%Parts:
851411FreeHot isostatic presses
851419FreeOther
8514204%Furnaces and ovens functioning by induction or dielectric loss:
851431FreeElectron beam furnaces:
851432FreePlasma and vacuum arc furnaces:
851439FreeOther:
851440FreeOther equipment for the heat treatment of materials by induction or dielectric loss
8514904%Parts:
8515112.5%Soldering irons and guns
851519FreeOther
851521FreeFully or partly automatic
851529FreeOther
8515311.6%Fully or partly automatic
8515391.6%Other
851580FreeOther machines and apparatus
8515901.6%Parts:
851810FreeMicrophones and stands therefor:
851821FreeSingle loudspeakers, mounted in their enclosures
851822FreeMultiple loudspeakers, mounted in the same enclosure
851829FreeOther:
851830FreeHeadphones and earphones, whether or not combined with a microphone, and sets consisting o...
851840FreeAudio-frequency electric amplifiers:
851850FreeElectric sound amplifier sets
851890FreeParts:
851920FreeApparatus operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment
8519303.9%Turntables (record-decks):
851981FreeUsing magnetic, optical or semiconductor media:
851989FreeOther:
852110FreeMagnetic tape-type:
852190FreeOther
8522103.9%Pickup cartridges
852290FreeOther:
852411FreeOf liquid crystals:
852412FreeOf organic light-emitting diodes (OLED)
852419FreeOther
852491FreeOf liquid crystals:
852492FreeOf organic light-emitting diodes (OLED)
852499FreeOther
852610FreeRadar apparatus
852691FreeRadio navigational aid apparatus
852692FreeRadio remote control apparatus:
852910FreeAntennas and antenna reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith:
852990FreeOther:
853010FreeEquipment for railways, streetcar lines or subways
853080FreeOther equipment
853090FreeParts
8531101.3%Burglar or fire alarms and similar apparatus
853120FreeIndicator panels incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD's) or light emitting diodes (LE...
8531801.3%Other apparatus:
853190FreeParts:
853400FreePrinted circuits
8535102.7%Fuses
8535212.7%For a voltage of less than <il>72.5 kV</il>
8535292%Other
8535302.7%Isolating switches and make-and-break switches
8535402.7%Lightning arresters, voltage limiters and surge suppressors
8535902.7%Other:
8537102.7%For a voltage not exceeding <il>1,000 V</il>:
8537202.7%For a voltage exceeding <il>1,000 V</il>
853810FreeBoards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 8537, n...
8538903.5%Other:
8539102%Sealed beam lamp units
853921FreeTungsten halogen:
8539225.8%Other, of a power not exceeding <il>200 W</il> and for a voltage exceeding <il>100 V:</il>
8539295.8%Other:
8539312.4%Fluorescent, hot cathode
8539322.4%Mercury or sodium vapor lamps; metal halide lamps
853939FreeOther:
8539412.6%Arc lamps
8539492.4%Other
853951FreeLight-emitting diode (LED) modules
8539522%Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps
8539902.6%Parts
85401115%Color:
8540123.6%Monochrome:
8540206%Television camera tubes; image converters and intensifiers; other photocathode tubes:
8540403%Data/graphic display tubes, monochrome; data/graphic display tubes, color, with a phosphor...
8540603%Other cathode-ray tubes
854071FreeMagnetrons:
8540793.3%Other:
8540814.2%Receiver or amplifier tubes
8540893.7%Other
8540915.4%Of cathode-ray tubes:
854099FreeOther:
854231FreeProcessors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circu...
854232FreeMemories
854233FreeAmplifiers
854239FreeOther
854290FreeParts
8544113.5%Of copper
8544193.9%Other
8544205.3%Coaxial cable and other coaxial electric conductors
8544305%Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships
854442FreeFitted with connectors:
854449FreeOther:
8544603.7%Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding <il>1,000 V</il>:
854470FreeOptical fiber cables
854511FreeOf a kind used for furnaces
854519FreeOther:
854520FreeBrushes
854590FreeOther:
8546102.9%Of glass
8546203%Of ceramics
854690FreeOther
8547103%Insulating fittings of ceramics:
854720FreeInsulating fittings of plastics
8547904.6%Other
854800FreeElectrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this ch...
854911FreeWaste and scrap of lead-acid accumulators; spent lead-acid accumulators:
854912FreeOther, containing lead, cadmium or mercury:
854913FreeSorted by chemical type and not containing lead, cadmium or mercury
854914FreeUnsorted and not containing lead, cadmium or mercury
854919FreeOther
854921FreeContaining primary cells, primary batteries, electric accumulators, mercury-switches, glas...
854929FreeOther
854931FreeContaining primary cells, primary batteries, electric accumulators, mercury-switches, glas...
854939FreeOther
854991FreeContaining primary cells, primary batteries, electric accumulators, mercury-switches, glas...
854999FreeOther

Chapter 85 questions

What does HS chapter 85 cover?

Chapter 85 covers Electrical machinery and equipment. This page lists the 188 six-digit product categories in it that have real lines in the US tariff schedule, each with its base rate and a link to the full detail page.

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