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HS code for phone chargers in the United States

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Key facts

Most likely code
8504.40
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
Candidate codes
1
HS edition
HS2022
National lines
22
General duty (MFN)
free

Summary

Phone chargers imported into the United States are usually classified under HS code 8504.40 when it is a static converter that turns mains power into the low-voltage power a phone takes. It sits in heading 85.04, “Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors”. The tariff of the United States has 22 national lines under this code. The general (MFN) duty in the United States on the national lines under 8504.40 is free.

How to choose the right code

Use 8504.40 when it is a static converter that turns mains power into the low-voltage power a phone takes.

Some similar goods are classified elsewhere: 8507.60 applies when it is a power bank, which stores energy in lithium-ion cells rather than converting mains power.

Codes for phone chargers

Each code is listed with its legal text from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, quoted as published, and the condition under which it applies to phone chargers.

  • 8504.40

    Most likely

    Legal text: “Static converters”

    Heading 85.04: “Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors”

    Applies when it is a static converter that turns mains power into the low-voltage power a phone takes.

  • 8507.60

    Classified elsewhere

    Legal text: “Lithium-ion”

    Heading 85.07: “Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular (including square)”

    Applies when it is a power bank, which stores energy in lithium-ion cells rather than converting mains power.

National lines in the United States

The tariff of the United States splits this code into 22 national lines, listed with their published text and general duty.

The general (MFN) duty in the United States on the national lines under 8504.40 is free. Import VAT or sales tax is charged on top, and de minimis rules can change what is due; the landed cost calculator works it out for a shipment.

Under 8504.40

  • 8504.40.40.00“Speed drive controllers for electric motors”free
  • 8504.40.60.01“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 › Suitable for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471 › With a power output not exceeding 50 W”free
  • 8504.40.60.07“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 › Suitable for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471 › With a power output exceeding 50 W but not exceeding 150 W”free
  • 8504.40.60.12“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 › Suitable for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471 › With a power output exceeding 150 W but not exceeding 500 W”free
  • 8504.40.60.18“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 › Suitable for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines or units thereof of heading 8471 › Other”free
  • 8504.40.70.01“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 › Other › With a power output not exceeding 50 W”free
  • 8504.40.70.07“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 › Other › With a power output exceeding 50 W but not exceeding 150 W”free
  • 8504.40.70.12“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 › Other › With a power output exceeding 150 W but not exceeding 500 W”free
  • 8504.40.70.18“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 › Other › Other”free
  • 8504.40.85.00“For telecommunication apparatus”free
  • 8504.40.95.10“Other › Rectifiers and rectifying apparatus › Power supplies › With a power output not exceeding 50 W”free
  • 8504.40.95.20“Other › Rectifiers and rectifying apparatus › Power supplies › With a power output exceeding 50 W but not exceeding 150 W”free
  • 8504.40.95.30“Other › Rectifiers and rectifying apparatus › Power supplies › With a power output exceeding 150 W but not exceeding 500 W”free
  • 8504.40.95.40“Other › Rectifiers and rectifying apparatus › Power supplies › Other”free
  • 8504.40.95.50“Other › Rectifiers and rectifying apparatus › Other”free
  • 8504.40.95.71“Other › Inverters › Of a capacity not exceeding 200 W”free
  • 8504.40.95.73“Other › Inverters › Of a capacity exceeding 200 W but not exceeding 650 W”free
  • 8504.40.95.75“Other › Inverters › Of a capacity exceeding 650 W but not exceeding 20,000 W”free
  • 8504.40.95.77“Other › Inverters › Of a capacity exceeding 20,000 W but not exceeding 125,000 W”free
  • 8504.40.95.78“Other › Inverters › Of a capacity exceeding 125,000 W but not exceeding 1,000,000 W”free
  • 8504.40.95.79“Other › Inverters › Other”free
  • 8504.40.95.80“Other › Other”free

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Frequently asked questions

What is the HS code for phone chargers?

Phone chargers imported into the United States are usually classified under HS code 8504.40 when it is a static converter that turns mains power into the low-voltage power a phone takes. It sits in heading 85.04, “Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors”.

What is the duty on phone chargers imported into the United States?

The general (MFN) duty in the United States on the national lines under 8504.40 is free. Import VAT or sales tax is charged on top, and de minimis rules can change what is due; the landed cost calculator works it out for a shipment.

Sources and updates

The legal texts are from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, live on border.bot since 11 October 2026.

The national lines are from the tariff release of the United States (2026HTSRev21), live on border.bot since 9 October 2026.

The duty rates are from the live rates release, live on border.bot since 9 October 2026.

The conditions and questions on this page were written for phone chargers by border.bot and checked against those legal texts; the page changes when a new release goes live or the topic is reviewed again.

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