HTS Index

HTS heading 8504

Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors; parts thereof — 68 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8504Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors; parts thereof + Ch. 99not stated
8504.10.00.00Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes + Ch. 993%No.
8504.21.00Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 650 kVA + Ch. 99Free
8504.21.00.20Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 50 kVA + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.21.00)No., kg
8504.21.00.40Having a power handling capacity exceeding 50 kVA but not exceeding 100 kVA + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.21.00)No., kg
8504.21.00.60Having a power handling capacity exceeding 100 kVA but not exceeding 500 kVA + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.21.00)No., kg
8504.21.00.80Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 kVA but not exceeding 650 kVA + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.21.00)No., kg
8504.22.00Having a power handling capacity exceeding 650 kVA but not exceeding 10,000 kVA + Ch. 99Free
8504.22.00.40Having a power handling capacity exceeding 650 kVA but not exceeding 2,500 kVA + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.22.00)No., kg
8504.22.00.80Having a power handling capacity exceeding 2,500 kVA but not exceeding 10,000 kVA + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.22.00)No., kg
8504.23.00Having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000 kVA + Ch. 991.6%
8504.23.00.41Having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000 kVA but not exceeding 59,999 kVA + Ch. 991.6% (inherited from 8504.23.00)No., kg
8504.23.00.45Having a power handling capacity exceeding 59,999 kVA but not exceeding 100,000 kVA + Ch. 991.6% (inherited from 8504.23.00)No., kg
8504.23.00.80Having a power handling capacity exceeding 100,000 kVA + Ch. 991.6% (inherited from 8504.23.00)No., kg
8504.31Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA + Ch. 99not stated
8504.31.20.00Unrated + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8504.31.40Having a power handling capacity less than 1 kVA + Ch. 996.6%
8504.31.40.35Having a power handling capacity less than 40 VA + Ch. 996.6% (inherited from 8504.31.40)No.
8504.31.40.65Having a power handling capacity 40 VA or greater + Ch. 996.6% (inherited from 8504.31.40)No.
8504.31.60.00Having a power handling capacity of 1 kVA + Ch. 991.6%No.
8504.32.00.00Having a power handling capacity exceeding 1 kVA but not exceeding 16 kVA + Ch. 992.4%No., kg
8504.33.00Having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kVA but not exceeding 500 kVA + Ch. 991.6%
8504.33.00.20Having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kVA but not exceeding 50 kVA + Ch. 991.6% (inherited from 8504.33.00)No., kg
8504.33.00.40Having a power handling capacity exceeding 50 kVA but not exceeding 500 kVA + Ch. 991.6% (inherited from 8504.33.00)No., kg
8504.34.00.00Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 kVA + Ch. 991.6%No., kg
8504.40Static converters + Ch. 99not stated
8504.40.40.00Speed drive controllers for electric motors + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8504.40.60Suitable for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471 + Ch. 99Free
8504.40.60.01With a power output not exceeding 50 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.60)No.
8504.40.60.07With a power output exceeding 50 W but not exceeding 150 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.60)No.
8504.40.60.12With a power output exceeding 150 W but not exceeding 500 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.60)No.
8504.40.60.18Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.60)No.
8504.40.70Other + Ch. 99Free
8504.40.70.01With a power output not exceeding 50 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.70)No.
8504.40.70.07With a power output exceeding 50 W but not exceeding 150 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.70)No.
8504.40.70.12With a power output exceeding 150 W but not exceeding 500 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.70)No.
8504.40.70.18Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.70)No.
8504.40.85.00For telecommunication apparatus + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8504.40.95Other + Ch. 99Free
8504.40.95.10With a power output not exceeding 50 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.95)No.
8504.40.95.20With a power output exceeding 50 W but not exceeding 150 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.95)No.
8504.40.95.30With a power output exceeding 150 W but not exceeding 500 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.95)No.
8504.40.95.40Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.95)No.
8504.40.95.50Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.95)No.
8504.40.95.71Of a capacity not exceeding 200 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.95)No.
8504.40.95.73Of a capacity exceeding 200 W but not exceeding 650 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.95)No.
8504.40.95.75Of a capacity exceeding 650 W but not exceeding 20,000 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.95)No.
8504.40.95.77Of a capacity exceeding 20,000 W but not exceeding 125,000 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.95)No.
8504.40.95.78Of a capacity exceeding 125,000 W but not exceeding 1,000,000 W + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.95)No.
8504.40.95.79Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.95)No.
8504.40.95.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.40.95)No.
8504.50Other inductors + Ch. 99not stated
8504.50.40.00For power supplies for automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471; power supplies for goods of subheading 8443.31 or 8443.32; power supplies for monitors of subheading 8528.42 or 8528.52 or projectors of subheading 8528.62; for telecommunication apparatus + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8504.50.80.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8504.90Parts + Ch. 99not stated
8504.90.20.00Printed circuit assemblies + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8504.90.41.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8504.90.65.00Of the goods of subheading 8504.40 or 8504.50 for telecommunication apparatus + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8504.90.75.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8504.90.96Other + Ch. 99Free
8504.90.96.10For transformers + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.90.96)No.
8504.90.96.30Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.90.96)No.
8504.90.96.34Laminations for incorporation into stacked cores + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.90.96)No., kg
8504.90.96.38Stacked cores for incorporation into transformers + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.90.96)No., kg
8504.90.96.42Wound cores for incorporation into transformers + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.90.96)No., kg
8504.90.96.46Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.90.96)No., kg
8504.90.96.50Of static converters + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.90.96)No.
8504.90.96.90Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8504.90.96)No.

41 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

68 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.