HTS 8516
Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electrothermic hairdressing apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric flatirons; other electrothermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; electric heating resistors, other than those of heading 8545; parts thereof
| General rate | Not stated for this line What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them. |
|---|---|
| Special rate | Not stated for this line Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes. |
| Column 2 rate | Not stated for this line Only for the few countries without normal trade relations. |
This line states no general duty rate, and none is inherited from the lines above it. That is not the same as duty-free: lines in Chapters 98 and 99 are provisions and qualifiers rather than ordinary commodities, and a rate may be stated elsewhere. Check the heading before assuming anything.
Additional duties may apply
This line references Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate above and depend on where the goods were made. The rate shown here is therefore not the whole story for every origin.
Statistical breakouts
The 10-digit lines under this code. They are reporting categories; the duty is the one above unless a line states its own.
| Code | Description | Units | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8516.10.00 | Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters | — | Free |
| 8516.10.00.40 | Storage water heaters | No. | Free |
| 8516.10.00.80 | Other water heaters and immersion heaters | No. | Free |
| 8516.21.00.00 | Storage heating radiators | No. | Free |
| 8516.29.00 | Other | — | 3.7% |
| 8516.29.00.30 | Fan-forced | No. | 3.7% |
| 8516.29.00.60 | Other | No. | 3.7% |
| 8516.29.00.90 | Other | No. | 3.7% |
| 8516.31.00.00 | Hair dryers | No. | 3.9% |
| 8516.32.00 | Other hairdressing apparatus | — | 3.9% |
| 8516.32.00.20 | Curlers | No. | 3.9% |
| 8516.32.00.40 | Other | No. | 3.9% |
| 8516.33.00.00 | Hand-drying apparatus | No. | Free |
| 8516.40 | Electric flatirons | — | see above |
| 8516.40.20.00 | Travel type | No. | Free |
| 8516.40.40.00 | Other | No. | 2.8% |
| 8516.50.00 | Microwave ovens | — | 2% |
| 8516.50.00.30 | Having a capacity not exceeding 22.5 liters | No. | 2% |
| 8516.50.00.60 | Having a capacity exceeding 22.5 liters but not exceeding 31.0 liters | No. | 2% |
| 8516.50.00.90 | Having a capacity exceeding 31.0 liters | No. | 2% |
| 8516.60 | Other ovens; cooking stoves, ranges, cooking plates, boiling rings, grillers and roasters | — | see above |
| 8516.60.40 | Cooking stoves, ranges and ovens | — | Free |
| 8516.60.40.60 | Microwave oven combinations | No. | Free |
| 8516.60.40.70 | Portable | No. | Free |
| 8516.60.40.74 | Of a maximum width not exceeding 70 centimeters | No. | Free |
| 8516.60.40.78 | Containing a gas fueled cooktop | No. | Free |
| 8516.60.40.82 | Containing a radiant heated cooktop | No. | Free |
| 8516.60.40.86 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8516.60.60.00 | Other | No. | 2.7% |
| 8516.71.00 | Coffee or tea makers | — | 3.7% |
| 8516.71.00.20 | Automatic drip and pump type | No. | 3.7% |
| 8516.71.00.40 | Percolator | No. | 3.7% |
| 8516.71.00.60 | Other | No. | 3.7% |
| 8516.71.00.80 | Other | No. | 3.7% |
| 8516.72.00.00 | Toasters | No. | 5.3% |
| 8516.79.00.00 | Other | No. | 2.7% |
| 8516.80 | Electric heating resistors | — | see above |
| 8516.80.40.00 | Assembled only with simple insulated former and electrical connections, used for anti-icing or deicing | No. | Free |
| 8516.80.80.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8516.90 | Parts | — | see above |
| 8516.90.05.00 | Of heaters or heating apparatus of subheading 8516.10, 8516.21 or 8516.29 | No. | 3.7% |
| 8516.90.15.00 | Housings for the hand-drying apparatus of subheading 8516.33 | No. | 3.9% |
| 8516.90.25.00 | Housings and steel bases for the electric flatirons of subheading 8516.40 | No. | 3.9% |
| 8516.90.35.00 | Assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: cooking chamber; structural supporting chassis; door; outer case | No. | Free |
| 8516.90.45.00 | Printed circuit assemblies | No. | Free |
| 8516.90.50.00 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8516.90.55.00 | Cooking chambers, whether or not assembled | No. | Free |
| 8516.90.65.00 | Top surface panels with or without heating elements or controls | No. | Free |
| 8516.90.75.00 | Door assemblies, incorporating more than one of the following: inner panel; outer panel; window; insulation | No. | Free |
| 8516.90.80 | Other | — | Free |
| 8516.90.80.10 | Shelving and racks for cooking stoves and ranges | No. | Free |
| 8516.90.80.50 | Other | No. | Free |
| 8516.90.85.00 | Housings for toasters | No. | 3.9% |
| 8516.90.90.00 | Other | No. | 3.9% |
What changed
No recorded change to this line since we began reading the schedule daily. That is the ordinary state: USITC revises it fifteen to eighteen times a year, and most codes are untouched in any given revision.
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Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call. This page publishes the schedule as USITC does; it does not calculate what an entry will cost.
Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.