HTS Index

HTS 8532

Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set); parts thereof

General rateNot stated for this line
What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them.
Special rateNot stated for this line
Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes.
Column 2 rateNot 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.

What the Chapter 99 provisions are

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.

CodeDescriptionUnitsRate
8532.10.00.00Fixed capacitors designed for use in 50/60 Hz circuits and having a reactive power handling capacity of not less than 0.5 kvar (power capacitors)No.Free
8532.21.00TantalumFree
8532.21.00.20Metal caseNo.Free
8532.21.00.40DippedNo.Free
8532.21.00.50Designed for surface mounting (SMD) by contactNo.Free
8532.21.00.80OtherNo.Free
8532.22.00Aluminum electrolyticFree
8532.22.00.20Not exceeding 18 mm in diameterNo.Free
8532.22.00.40Exceeding 18 mm but not exceeding 35 mm in diameterNo.Free
8532.22.00.55Exceeding 35 mm but not exceeding 51 mm in diameterNo.Free
8532.22.00.85Exceeding 51 mm in diameterNo.Free
8532.23.00Ceramic dielectric, single layerFree
8532.23.00.20ChipsNo.Free
8532.23.00.40Axial leadsNo.Free
8532.23.00.60Radial leadsNo.Free
8532.24.00Ceramic dielectric, multilayerFree
8532.24.00.20ChipsNo.Free
8532.24.00.40Axial leadsNo.Free
8532.24.00.60Radial leadsNo.Free
8532.25.00Dielectric of paper or plasticsFree
8532.25.00.10Less than 300 VNo.Free
8532.25.00.20300 V or greater, but less than 600 VNo.Free
8532.25.00.30600 V or greater, but less than 1,000 VNo.Free
8532.25.00.401,000 V or greaterNo.Free
8532.25.00.45Designed for surface mounting (SMD) by contactNo.Free
8532.25.00.55OtherNo.Free
8532.25.00.60Axial leadsNo.Free
8532.25.00.70Radial leadsNo.Free
8532.25.00.80OtherNo.Free
8532.29.00OtherFree
8532.29.00.20Mica dielectricNo.Free
8532.29.00.40OtherNo.Free
8532.30.00Variable or adjustable (pre-set) capacitorsFree
8532.30.00.10Mica, ceramic or glass dielectricNo.Free
8532.30.00.90OtherNo.Free
8532.90.00.00PartsNo.Free

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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Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.