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.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8511.10.00.00 | Spark plugs + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | hundreds |
| 8511.20.00.00 | Ignition magnetos; magneto-dynamos; magnetic flywheels + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | No. |
| 8511.30.00 | Distributors; ignition coils + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | — |
| 8511.30.00.40 | Distributors + Ch. 99 | 2.5% (inherited from 8511.30.00) | No. |
| 8511.30.00.80 | Ignition coils + Ch. 99 | 2.5% (inherited from 8511.30.00) | No. |
| 8511.40.00.00 | Starter motors and dual purpose starter-generators + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | No. |
| 8511.50.00.00 | Other generators + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | No. |
| 8511.80 | Other equipment + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8511.80.20.00 | Designed for use on 6, 12 or 24 V systems + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | No. |
| 8511.80.40.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8511.80.60.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | kg |
| 8511.90 | Parts + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8511.90.20.00 | Designed for use on 6, 12 or 24 V systems + Ch. 99 | 3.1% | kg |
| 8511.90.40.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | kg |
| 8511.90.60 | Other parts + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | — |
| 8511.90.60.20 | Distributor contact (breaker point) sets + Ch. 99 | 2.5% (inherited from 8511.90.60) | No. |
| 8511.90.60.40 | Other + Ch. 99 | 2.5% (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.