HTS Index

HTS heading 8511

Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, spark plugs and glow plugs, starter motors); generators (for example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines; parts thereof — 18 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8511Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion engines (for example, ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, spark plugs and glow plugs, starter motors); generators (for example, dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in conjunction with such engines; parts thereof + Ch. 99not stated
8511.10.00.00Spark plugs + Ch. 992.5%hundreds
8511.20.00.00Ignition magnetos; magneto-dynamos; magnetic flywheels + Ch. 992.5%No.
8511.30.00Distributors; ignition coils + Ch. 992.5%
8511.30.00.40Distributors + Ch. 992.5% (inherited from 8511.30.00)No.
8511.30.00.80Ignition coils + Ch. 992.5% (inherited from 8511.30.00)No.
8511.40.00.00Starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators + Ch. 992.5%No.
8511.50.00.00Other generators + Ch. 992.5%No.
8511.80Other equipment + Ch. 99not stated
8511.80.20.00Designed for use on 6, 12 or 24 V systems + Ch. 992.5%No.
8511.80.40.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8511.80.60.00Other + Ch. 992.5%kg
8511.90Parts + Ch. 99not stated
8511.90.20.00Designed for use on 6, 12 or 24 V systems + Ch. 993.1%kg
8511.90.40.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg
8511.90.60Other parts + Ch. 992.5%
8511.90.60.20Distributor contact (breaker point) sets + Ch. 992.5% (inherited from 8511.90.60)No.
8511.90.60.40Other + Ch. 992.5% (inherited from 8511.90.60)kg

4 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

18 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.