United States tariff, chapter 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
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- National lines
- 982
- Subheadings
- 296
- Tariff
- United States
- Chapter
- 85: Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
Summary
The United States tariff has 982 national lines in HS chapter 85 (electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles), under 296 subheadings in 48 headings.
Subheadings with United States lines
The United States tariff has 982 national lines in HS chapter 85 (electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles), under 296 subheadings in 48 headings.
Subheadings 1 to 100 of 296, page 1 of 3.
85.01 Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)
- 8501.10Motors of an output not exceeding 37.5 W9 lines
- 8501.20Universal AC/DC motors of an output exceeding 37.5 W4 lines
- 8501.31Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators: Of an output not exceeding 750 W5 lines
- 8501.32Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators: Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW5 lines
- 8501.33Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators: Of an output exceeding 75 kW but not exceeding 375 kW6 lines
- 8501.34Other DC motors; DC generators, other than photovoltaic generators: Of an output exceeding 375 kW2 lines
- 8501.40Other AC motors, single-phase8 lines
- 8501.51Other AC motors, multi-phase: Of an output not exceeding 750 W8 lines
- 8501.52Other AC motors, multi-phase: Of an output exceeding 750 W but not exceeding 75 kW3 lines
- 8501.53Other AC motors, multi-phase: Of an output exceeding 75 kW5 lines
- 8501.61AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators: Of an output not exceeding 75 kVA1 line
- 8501.62AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators: Of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVA1 line
- 8501.63AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators: Of an output exceeding 375 kVA but not exceeding 750 kVA1 line
- 8501.64AC generators (alternators), other than photovoltaic generators: Of an output exceeding 750 kVA4 lines
- 8501.71Photovoltaic DC generators: Of an output not exceeding 50 W1 line
- 8501.72Photovoltaic DC generators: Of an output exceeding 50 W4 lines
- 8501.80Photovoltaic AC generators4 lines
85.02 Electric generating sets and rotary converters
- 8502.11Generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines): Of an output not exceeding 75 kVA1 line
- 8502.12Generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines): Of an output exceeding 75 kVA but not exceeding 375 kVA1 line
- 8502.13Generating sets with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines): Of an output exceeding 375 kVA2 lines
- 8502.20Generating sets with spark-ignition internal combustion piston engines4 lines
- 8502.31Other generating sets: Wind-powered1 line
- 8502.39Other generating sets: Other2 lines
- 8502.40Electric rotary converters1 line
85.03 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 85.01 or 85.02
- 8503.00Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 85.01 or 85.0211 lines
85.04 Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors; parts thereof
- 8504.10Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes1 line
- 8504.21Liquid dielectric transformers: Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 650 kVA4 lines
- 8504.22Liquid dielectric transformers: Having a power handling capacity exceeding 650 kVA but not exceeding 10,000 kVA2 lines
- 8504.23Liquid dielectric transformers: Having a power handling capacity exceeding 10,000 kVA3 lines
- 8504.31Other transformers: Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA4 lines
- 8504.32Other transformers: Having a power handling capacity exceeding 1 kVA but not exceeding 16 kVA1 line
- 8504.33Other transformers: Having a power handling capacity exceeding 16 kVA but not exceeding 500 kVA2 lines
- 8504.34Other transformers: Having a power handling capacity exceeding 500 kVA1 line
- 8504.40Static converters22 lines
- 8504.50Other inductors2 lines
- 8504.90Parts12 lines
85.05 Electromagnets; permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after magnetization; electromagnetic or permanent magnet chucks, clamps and similar holding devices; electromagnetic couplings, clutches and brakes; electromagnetic lifting heads; parts thereof
- 8505.11Permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after magnetisation: Of metal5 lines
- 8505.19Permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets after magnetisation: Other3 lines
- 8505.20Electro-magnetic couplings, clutches and brakes1 line
- 8505.90Other, including parts4 lines
85.06 Primary cells and primary batteries; parts thereof
85.07 Electric storage batteries, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square); parts thereof
85.08 Vacuum cleaners; parts thereof
85.09 Electromechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor, other than vacuum cleaners of heading 8508; parts thereof
85.10 Shavers, hair clippers and hair-removing appliances, with self-contained electric motor; parts thereof
85.11 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
85.12 Electrical lighting or signaling equipment (excluding articles of heading 8539), windshield wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor vehicles; parts thereof
85.13 Portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy (for example, dry batteries, storage batteries, magnetos), other than lighting equipment of heading 8512; parts thereof
85.14 Industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens (including those functioning by induction or dielectric loss); other industrial or laboratory equipment for the heat treatment of materials by induction or dielectric loss; parts thereof
- 8514.11Resistance heated furnaces and ovens: Hot isostatic presses1 line
- 8514.19Resistance heated furnaces and ovens: Other1 line
- 8514.20Furnaces and ovens functioning by induction or dielectric loss3 lines
- 8514.31Other furnaces and ovens: Electron beam furnaces2 lines
- 8514.32Other furnaces and ovens: Plasma and vacuum arc furnaces2 lines
- 8514.39Other furnaces and ovens: Other2 lines
- 8514.40Other equipment for the heat treatment of materials by induction or dielectric loss1 line
- 8514.90Parts2 lines
85.15 Electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or welding machines and apparatus, whether or not capable of cutting; electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or cermets; parts thereof
- 8515.11Brazing or soldering machines and apparatus: Soldering irons and guns1 line
- 8515.19Brazing or soldering machines and apparatus: Other1 line
- 8515.21Machines and apparatus for resistance welding of metal: Fully or partly automatic1 line
- 8515.29Machines and apparatus for resistance welding of metal: Other1 line
- 8515.31Machines and apparatus for arc (including plasma arc) welding of metals: Fully or partly automatic1 line
- 8515.39Machines and apparatus for arc (including plasma arc) welding of metals: Other3 lines
- 8515.80Other machines and apparatus2 lines
- 8515.90Parts2 lines
85.16 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electrothermic hairdressing apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric flatirons; other electrothermic appliances of a kind used for domestic purposes; electric heating resistors, other than those of heading 8545; parts thereof
- 8516.10Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters2 lines
- 8516.21Electric space-heating apparatus and electric soil-heating apparatus: Storage heating radiators1 line
- 8516.29Electric space-heating apparatus and electric soil-heating apparatus: Other3 lines
- 8516.31Electrothermic hairdressing or hand-drying apparatus: Hair dryers1 line
- 8516.32Electrothermic hairdressing or hand-drying apparatus: Other hair-dressing apparatus2 lines
In other countries
No other national tariff on border.bot has live lines under chapter 85 yet.
Frequently asked questions
How many national tariff lines does the United States tariff have in HS chapter 85?
The United States tariff has 982 national lines in HS chapter 85 (electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles), under 296 subheadings in 48 headings.
Sources and updates
The tariff lines for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026.
The duty rates for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026.
The trade programmes for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026.
This page was last updated on 9 October 2026.
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