HTS Index

HTS heading 8537

Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 8517 — 14 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8537Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading 8517 + Ch. 99not stated
8537.10For a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V + Ch. 99not stated
8537.10.30.00Assembled with outer housing or supports, for the goods of headings 8421, 8422, 8450 or 8516 + Ch. 992.7%No.
8537.10.60.00Motor control centers + Ch. 992.7%No.
8537.10.80.00Touch-sensitive data input devices (so-called "touch screens") without display capabilities, for incorporation into apparatus having a display, which function by detecting the presence and location of a touch within the display area (such sensing may be obtained by means of resistance, electrostatic capacity, acoustic pulse recognition, infra-red lights or other touch-sensitive technology) + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8537.10.91Other + Ch. 992.7%
8537.10.91.20Switchgear assemblies and switchboards + Ch. 992.7% (inherited from 8537.10.91)No.
8537.10.91.30Numerical controls for controlling machine tools + Ch. 992.7% (inherited from 8537.10.91)No.
8537.10.91.50Panel boards and distribution boards + Ch. 992.7% (inherited from 8537.10.91)No.
8537.10.91.60Programmable controllers + Ch. 992.7% (inherited from 8537.10.91)No.
8537.10.91.70Other + Ch. 992.7% (inherited from 8537.10.91)No.
8537.20.00For a voltage exceeding 1,000 V + Ch. 992.7%
8537.20.00.20Switchgear assemblies and switchboards + Ch. 992.7% (inherited from 8537.20.00)No.
8537.20.00.40Other + Ch. 992.7% (inherited from 8537.20.00)No.

7 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

14 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.